"First published as volume 20, no. 4 of Ratio"--T.p. versp.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Wittgenstein's critique of Frazer / Jacques Bouveresse -- Relativism, commensurability and translatability / Hans-Johann Glock -- 'Back to the rough ground!' Wittgensteinian reflections on rationality and reason / Jane Heal -- Worlds or words apart? Wittgenstein on understanding religious language / Genia Schönbaumsfeld -- The tightrope walker / Severin Schroeder -- Rules and reason / Joachim Schulte -- Rule-following without reasons : Wittgenstein's quietism and the constitutive question / Crispin Wright.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This volume discusses Wittgenstein's work, as well as his oeuvre in general, and its implications for the nature of reason.: Investigates the nature of reason which has always been a topic at the very heart of Western philosophy; Analyses how Wittgenstein raised crucial questions about the subject - most notably in his critique of Frazer's Golden Bough, his discussions of various philosophical aspects of religion, and the famous 'rule-following considerations' from his Philosophical Investigations; Contributors include prominent Wittgenstein scholars from the UK and continental Europe includi.