Essays on Wittgenstein and WeiningerThe essay entitled "Writing about Weininger" (pp. 96-115) is a critique of Jacques Le Rider's book "Le Cas Otto Weininger: Racines de l'antiféminisme et de l'antisémitisme" (Paris, 1982). Argues that Le Rider did not treat the issues raised in Weininger's "Geschlecht und Charakter" in their historical-philosophical context, judging them, instead, by current moral standards as antisemitic, anti-feminist, and irrational. Denies Le Rider's claim that Weininger influenced Hitler and that he was a self-hating Jew. |
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Schopenhauer and the Early Wittgenstein | 26 |
How Not to Write Austrian Intellectual History Again | 48 |
Wittgenstein and Weininger | 64 |
Philosophical Sources of Wittgensteins Ethics | 74 |
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