Transformative Philosophy: Socrates, Wittgenstein, and the Democratic Spirit of Philosophy125.00 The recent cross-fruition between analytical philosophy and continental philosophical traditions has stimulated an intense interest in the philosophy of philosophy. At stake in the debate is our understanding of the role of philosophy and of the use of argument and reason in culture.Transformative Philosophy articulates a new conception of philosophy through a discussion of salient themes in the analytical tradition, in the work of the later Wittgenstein, and in critical theory. Wallgren traces the genealogy leading to the present impasse on the discourse of philosophy; discusses authors such as Quine, Peter Winch, Michael Dummett, and Ernst Tugendhat; and considers Wittgenstein's conception of philosophy and of the private language argument. Drawing on an analysis of the relations between truth, communal agreement, and the role of the personal will in philosophical argumentation, Transformative Philosophy develops an image of philosophy as a transformative care for self and others. This work makes a great contribution to the study of philosophy and social theory |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Locating the Itch | 13 |
The Genealogy of Philosophy | 25 |
32 Fringes of the Canon | 30 |
322 The Logocentrism Idea | 34 |
Silences Prejudices | 35 |
Reflective Concerns | 38 |
33 The Event of Socrates | 42 |
445 Rortys and Rambergs Inconclusive DeTranscendentalization of the QuineDavidson Heritage | 180 |
446 Dummetts Criticism of Wittgenstein | 184 |
Wittgensteins Philosophical Investigations Overcoming the Overcoming of First Philosophy | 211 |
52 The Hacker versus Diamond and Conant Controversy | 213 |
Some Kantian Views | 217 |
Newton Carvers Wittgenstein | 222 |
Ineffable Truths and Temples of Modernity | 232 |
534 Apel and Wittgensteins Deficient Reflexivity | 244 |
332 Socrates New Availability | 43 |
334 Elenchus and the Socratic Ideal | 45 |
335 Socrates Radical Epistemology | 48 |
336 The Ethical Priority of Human Wisdom | 52 |
Knowledge through Justification or Wisdom through Articulation | 54 |
3371 The Immediate Context of Socrates Criticism of the Seers and Prophets | 57 |
3372 Articulating Truths Versus Enhancing Moral Competence | 58 |
338 Socrates Singular Enlightenment Optimism | 60 |
3381 Comments Part One | 63 |
3382 Comments Part Two | 65 |
3383 Comments Part Three | 66 |
339 Irony and Erotic Genius in Socrates Search for Human Wisdom | 67 |
3391 The Need for Public Acceptance | 68 |
3 3 92 Overcoming Obstacles of the Will | 70 |
3310 Is the Grand Claim True? The Unity of Epistemic Uncertainty and Moral Optimism in Socrates Conception of Philosophy | 72 |
3311 Conceptions of Happiness and the Promises of Philosophy | 76 |
3312 Wittgenstein as an Heir to Socrates | 78 |
The Center of the Canon | 80 |
Internal Democracy External Hostility | 82 |
343 Creating the Foundation Problem | 83 |
344 The Metaphysical Ideals in Philosophy | 85 |
345 Separating Theory from Practice | 88 |
Philosophy after the Querelle | 89 |
352 From Plato to the Enlightenment Descartes and Kant | 91 |
From Four Conventional Stories toward a Fifth Lesser Known One | 93 |
Paradigms of Analytical Philosophy as First Philosophy and Their Problems | 133 |
42 Philosophy of Logic as First Philosophy | 138 |
the Standard View and Its Problems | 139 |
423 Quines Irresolute Philosophy of Logic | 142 |
43 Limiting Conditions of Communication | 149 |
44 Some Anomalies of Foundational and AntiFoundational Analytical Semantics | 154 |
Formal Semantics and the Fulfillment of the Universalist Ideal | 155 |
443 Quines Naturalist Theory of Meaning and Its Problems | 160 |
444 First Philosophical Residues in Davidsons Theory of Truth | 168 |
54 From Transcendental to Grammatical Readings | 252 |
55 Therapy and Polyphony | 263 |
551 Wittgensteins Socratic Quest | 264 |
552 Giving Metaphysics Its Due | 266 |
A Brief Digression | 272 |
56 Conclusions Outstanding Issues | 274 |
Mapping a Neglected Terrain Philosophy in Relation to Its Times | 305 |
Some Contemporary Views of the Relation of Philosophy to Its Times | 306 |
63 The Externalist and Progressivist View and Its Problems | 310 |
Philosophy as an AvantGarde | 313 |
Habermas and the Aporias of Weak Transcendentalism | 315 |
An Overview | 317 |
653 Habermass Conception of the Relation of Philosophy to Its Times | 319 |
6532 Discourse Ethics | 322 |
654 Unresolved Tensions in Habermass Views | 325 |
6542 Some Habermasian Ambivalences | 327 |
655 On Habermass Philosophy of Philosophy | 330 |
Complementary Aspects | 340 |
656 Sources of Habermass Problems | 346 |
From Habermas to Wittgenstein? | 350 |
Working on Oneself Caring for Us Toward a Transformative Philosophy | 369 |
Philosophy and Individual Emancipation | 371 |
Wittgensteins Reluctant Views | 381 |
Normativity Agreement and Truth in Polyphonic Philosophy | 387 |
Final Remarks | 400 |
76 Epilogues | 405 |
762 Transformative Philosophy and Critical Theory | 409 |
763 Transformative Philosophy and Gandhi | 414 |
764 Destroying Irony Saving Metaphysics | 416 |
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Common terms and phrases
achieve agreement ambitions analytical philosophy Apel Apel's Apology argument Aristotle Brickhouse and Smith chapter claims communication conception of philosophy concerning contemporary critical theory cultural Davidson define Diamond discourse ethics discussion distinction Dummett empirical enlightenment optimism epistemology explication Foucault foundation theory Garver grammatical philosophy Habermas 1990b Habermas's Hacker Hegel Heidegger Hintikka human idea insight interest interpretation Kant Kant's Kantian kind knowledge language language-games later Wittgenstein linguistic metaphysical metaphysical ideals modern moral nature normative notion observation sentences Parmenides passage perhaps perspective Philosophical Investigations philosophy of language philosophy of logic philosophy of philosophy Plato polyphonic possible pre-Socratics private language argument problem question Quine Quine's quote Ramberg rational reason relation remarks Rorty semantics sense Socratic ideal suggestion theory of meaning thesis Theunissen things thought Tractatus tradition transformative philosophy Tugendhat understanding validity Vlastos weak transcendental Winch wisdom Wittgenstein 1953 words writes
References to this book
Wittgenstein and His Interpreters: Essays in Memory of Gordon Baker Guy Kahane,Edward Kanterian,Oskari Kuusela No preview available - 2007 |