Wittgenstein & His Times, Wittgenstein Studies

by Brian McGuinness (Editor)

Anthony Kenny attempts to reconcile Wittgenstein's apparently contradictory images of the nature of philosophy; McGuinness explores the similarities of method between philosophy as Wittgenstein practices it and psychoanalysis; J. C. Nyri examines the influence on Wittgenstein of Spengler and the conservative fascination with mythology, symbolism, gesture, and ritual in Frazer's Golden Bough, G. H. von Wright sums up Wittgenstein's relation to his times and stresses his alienation from contemporary attitudes.

128 pages, Paperback

First published March 25, 1982

Reviews

[Mick Maurer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Five articles. Two highlights, in ‘Freud & Wittgenstein’ after WW II it was fashionable to refer to Wittgenstein’s work as ‘therapeutic positivism.’ The other, in ‘Wittgenstein in relation to his Times’ his opposition to ‘set theory’ and to ‘behavioristic psychology’ [Behaviorism].