Wittgenstein and normative inquiry / / edited by Mark Bevir, Andrius Galisanka.

• Superior document: Studies in Moral Philosophy, Volume 9
• TeilnehmendeR: Bevir, Mark,; Galisanka, Andrius,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in moral philosophy ; Volume 9.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (228 pages).
• Notes: Includes index.

Wittgenstein and Normative Inquiry examines the relevance of Ludwig Wittgenstein's philosophy for ethics, aesthetics, political philosophy, and religion. It analyzes the intellectual contexts which shaped Wittgenstein's normative thought, traces his influences, and presents contemporary uses of his philosophy in normative fields. The chapters focus on the nature of normative inquiry. Together, they present a Wittgensteinian approach to normative inquiry, which, while broad and contested, stands in contrast to dominant deductive approaches. Arguing to normative conclusions by showing family resemblances, drawing analogies, using persuasion, appealing to naturalist arguments, authors and Wittgensteinians discussed by them expand our notion of normative inquiry.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Mark Bevir and Andrius Gališanka -- Introduction: A Wittgensteinian Approach to Normative Inquiry / Mark Bevir and Andrius Gališanka -- Normativity and Ethics in the Tractatus: Method, Self and Value / Chon Tejedor -- Wittgenstein: Values, Normative Inquiry, and the Problem of “Criticizing from Outside” / John G. Gunnell -- Wittgenstein’s Blue Book, Linguistic Meaning and Music / Garry L. Hagberg -- Wittgenstein in Pitkin’s Republic / A.A. Johannis -- “The Machine as Symbol”: Wittgenstein’s Contribution to the Politics of Judgment and Freedom in Contemporary Democratic Theory / Linda M.G. Zerilli -- Wittgenstein and Mid-20th Century Political Philosophy: Naturalist Paths from Facts to Values / Andrius Gališanka -- Wittgenstein’s Paganism / Kevin Cahill -- Wittgenstein and the Peculiarities of Religious “Belief” / Brian R. Clack -- Index / Mark Bevir and Andrius Gališanka.