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Wittgenstein: Science and Religion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2001

Rom Harré
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Abstract

Extra-philosophical influences were very important in shaping Wittgenstein's philosophical ruminations. The Tractatus-Logico Philosophicus is misunderstood unless it is seen as deriving from the pre-Machian physics of the German tradition, adapted to the problems Russell confronted Wittgenstein with. In like manner, particularly in relation to the discussions of meanings and rules, the philosophy of the Philosophical Investigations is shaped by the role played by a powerful religious sensibility in Wittgenstein's extraordinary and tormented life.

Type
Research Article
Information
Philosophy , Volume 76 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 211 - 237
Copyright
© The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2001

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