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Wittgenstein, explained.

From Wittgenstein, explained, the latest installment from the essays adapted from Clive James’ Cultural Amnesia, a re-examination of intellectuals, artists, and thinkers who helped shape the 20th century: “Wittgenstein’s requirement that we should not be seduced by language is understandable in the context of the rich second phase of his philosophy, whose aim we can [...]

Who should we ask about the “is”?

In preparation for reading Levinas, I’m reading sections from Heidegger’s Being and Time, and since I plan on blogging my reading experience with Levinas, I’ve decided to practice on Heidegger. Not more than a few minutes ago, I finished “The Necessity, Structure, and Priority of the Question of Being,” which is the first part of [...]

Faith in Shadows

Without fundamental trustthere is no trust at all.Lao-TzuTAO TE CHING
I know that I have read Ludwig Wittgenstein’s On Certainty (or see online version). I do not know that I have understood it. At the end of the text, I was left with a fundamental question about how individuals (and societies) of differing traditions are to [...]

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