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Work on Oneself: Wittgenstein's Philosophical Psychology (Institute for the Psychological Sciences Monograph) (Paperback)
Short Description for Work on OneselfLudwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was by any reckoning one of the major modern philosophers. Raised as a Catholic in late-19th century Vienna, he later gave up practicing his religion; yet, as journal notes and many anecdotes attest, he remained deeply if ambivalently interested in religion throughout his life. Students of the philosophy of religion are familiar with his lectures on religious belief
Full description- Publisher: The Institute for the Psychological Sciences Press
- Published: 15 July 2008
- Format: Paperback 128 pages
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- Categories: Psychology | Philosophy | Western Philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, C 500 To C 1600 | Ethics & Moral Philosophy | Philosophy Of Religion
- ISBN 13: 9780977310319 ISBN 10: 0977310310
- Sales rank: 535,072
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Full description for Work on Oneself
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was by any reckoning one of the major modern philosophers. Raised as a Catholic in late-nineteenth-century Vienna, he later gave up practicing his religion; yet, as journal notes and many anecdotes attest, he remained deeply if ambivalently interested in religion throughout his life. Students of the philosophy of religion are familiar with his lectures on religious belief. For the rest, however in the vast collection of commentary and criticism that has accumulated over the years, little attention has been paid to his religious interests.Beginning with a largely biographical study of Wittgenstein, Kerr argues that Wittgenstein's philosophy was partly prompted by his strong reaction against what he regarded as an excessively rationalistic type of Catholic apologies that he was taught in his early school years. His serious interest as a student at Cambridge in experimental psychology and in the works of Freud is documented.
