Wittgenstein’s posthumously published work contains several references to writers and composers. Among these remarks, the ones on Shakespeare have gained particular attention, probably because they show that Wittgenstein did not think very highly of the poet or those who admire him. In this paper I discuss the interpretations of George Steiner and Peter Lewis, who argue that Wittgenstein’s critique is inadequate and reveals a misreading of Shakespeare. My aim is to show that their reading of Wittgenstein is problematic because they do not appreciate the essential character of his remarks: Wittgenstein’s intent was not to contribute to a discussion of Shakespeare’s work but rather to comment on the culture to which the poet belongs and the w...
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It is often claimed that certain remarks by Wittgenstein reveal him to have been an unsympathetic re...
Wittgenstein's lack of sympathy for Shakespeare's works has been well noted by George Steiner and Ha...
Wittgenstein's thought is reflected in his reading and reception of other authors. "Wittgenstein Rea...
Wittgenstein's occasional remarks on Shakespeare have raised a considerable amount of interest and b...
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Does the way authors treat their own works tell us something about how these works are to be underst...
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It has been argued that my reading of the Tractatus has an Achilles’ heel. Its fatal flaw is that it...
This essay begins with the claim the reader must grant the author: no person is without a past. Yet ...
This work challenges the assumption that Wittgenstein’s comments about the word “philosophy” are alw...
In this paper I explain Wittgenstein’s ambivalent remarks on the music of Gustav Mahler in their pro...
Wittgenstein’s RFM remarks on Gödel’s First Incompleteness Theorem have been widely criticized, ridi...
There are historically three main trends in understanding Wittgenstein\u27s Tractatus. The first is ...
This paper, originating from a Wittgenstein conference in Delphi, Greece in June 2001, questions Bra...
The attention paid by Wittgenstein to Köhler and the great themes of the Gestalt tradition has been ...
It is often claimed that certain remarks by Wittgenstein reveal him to have been an unsympathetic re...
Wittgenstein's lack of sympathy for Shakespeare's works has been well noted by George Steiner and Ha...
Wittgenstein's thought is reflected in his reading and reception of other authors. "Wittgenstein Rea...
Wittgenstein's occasional remarks on Shakespeare have raised a considerable amount of interest and b...
In this paper we will attempt a \u201cdistant reading\u201d of the (mainly) philosophical literatu...
Does the way authors treat their own works tell us something about how these works are to be underst...
This chapter argues that Wittgenstein wasn’t a mere pretext for Paolozzi and that it is impossible t...
It has been argued that my reading of the Tractatus has an Achilles’ heel. Its fatal flaw is that it...
This essay begins with the claim the reader must grant the author: no person is without a past. Yet ...
This work challenges the assumption that Wittgenstein’s comments about the word “philosophy” are alw...
In this paper I explain Wittgenstein’s ambivalent remarks on the music of Gustav Mahler in their pro...
Wittgenstein’s RFM remarks on Gödel’s First Incompleteness Theorem have been widely criticized, ridi...
There are historically three main trends in understanding Wittgenstein\u27s Tractatus. The first is ...
This paper, originating from a Wittgenstein conference in Delphi, Greece in June 2001, questions Bra...
The attention paid by Wittgenstein to Köhler and the great themes of the Gestalt tradition has been ...