Wittgenstein and Reason

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 including Hanjo Glock, Genia
  Schönbaumsfeld, Severin Schroeder Joachim Schulte and Crispin
  Wright

• Contains a translation of an important paper by the French
  Wittgenstein scholar Jacques Bouveresse, alongside six new papers
  by other contributors

Auteur
John Preston is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Reading.

Résumé
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 including Hanjo Glock, Genia Schönbaumsfeld, Severin Schroeder Joachim Schulte and Crispin Wright
• Contains a translation of an important paper by the French Wittgenstein scholar Jacques Bouveresse, alongside six new papers by other contributors

Contenu

Preface vii

1 Wittgenstein's Critique of Frazer 1

Jacques Bouveresse

2 Relativism, Commensurability and Translatability 21

Hans-Johann Glock

3 'Back to the Rough Ground!' Wittgensteinian
Reflections on Rationality and Reason 47

Jane Heal

4 Worlds or Words Apart? Wittgenstein on Understanding Religious
Language 65

Genia Schönbaumsfeld

5 The Tightrope Walker 85

Severin Schroeder

6 Rules and Reason 107

Joachim Schulte

7 Rule-Following without Reasons: Wittgenstein's Quietism
and the Constitutive Question 123

Crispin Wright

Index 145