Wittgenstein and the Problem of Metaphysics

Aesthetics, Ethics and Subjectivity

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Michael Smith

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Exploring the rupture between Wittgenstein’s early and late phases, Michael Smith provides an original re-assessment of the metaphysical consistencies that exist throughout his divergent texts. Smith shows how Wittgenstein’s criticism of metaphysics typically invoked the very thing he was seeking to erase. Taking an alternative approach to the inherent contradiction in his work, the ‘problem of metaphysics’, as Smith terms it, becomes the organizing principle of Wittgenstein’s thought rather than something to overcome. This metaphysical thread enables further reflection on the poetic nature of Wittgenstein’s philosophy as well as his preoccupation with ethics and aesthetics as important factors mostly absent from the secondary literature. The turn to aesthetics is crucial to a re-assessment of Wittgenstein's legacy, and is done in conjunction with an innovative analysis of Nietzsche’s critique of Kantian aesthetics and Kant’s ‘judgments of taste’. The result is a unique discussion of the limits and possibilities of metaphysics, aesthetics, ethics and the task of the philosopher more generally.

Author Biography:

Michael Smith is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, USA, and serves on the faculty of the Humanities Department at Western Governors University, USA.

Release date NZ

May 18th, 2023

Author

Michael Smith

Pages

232

Audience

Professional & Vocational

ISBN-13

9781350188730

Product ID

35941164

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