Wittgenstein and Meaning in Life: In Search of the Human Voice

by R. Hosseini

Overview

What could Wittgenstein's work contribute to the rapidly growing literature on life's meaning? This book not only examines Wittgenstein's scattered remarks about value and 'sense of life' but also argues that his philosophy and 'way of seeing' has far reaching implications for the ways theorists approach an ancient question: 'How shall one live?'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349494644
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2015
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	179
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Reza Hosseini is a sessional lecturer and a Research Fellow at Rhodes University, South Africa.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Book of Facts, Book of Values 2. The Limits of Justification 3. Aspect-Seeing and Meaning in Life 4. In Defence of the Ordinary 5. On Detachment or Why the Shopkeeper Does Not Investigate His Apples 6. The Human Voice: The Confessional Nature of Enquiring into Life's Meaning Coda Notes Bibliography Index