194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

Throughout his career, Wittgenstein was preoccupied with issues in the philosophy of perception. Despite this, little attention has been paid to this aspect of Wittgenstein's work. This volume redresses this lack, by bringing together an international group of leading philosophers to focus on the impact of Wittgenstein's work on the philosophy of perception. The ten specially commissioned... Read more

Introduction Michael Campbell and Michael O'Sullivan  1. Wittgenstein on Perception: an Overview Michael Campbell and Michael O'Sullivan  2. Two Senses of ‘See’ Marie McGinn  3. Suffering Intentionally? Charles Travis  4. Contentless Perceiving: The Very Idea Dan Hutto  5. Wittgenstein, Phenomenal Concepts, and What It’s Like William Child  6. Seeing and Not-seeing as Ways of Inhabiting the World Yasuhiro Arahata  7. Wittgenstein’s Nonsense Objection José Zalabardo  8. Judgement and Aspect Michael O'Sullivan  9. Aspect perception in the Tractatus and the Philosophical Investigations Michel terHark.  Index

Biography

Michael Campbell is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Philosophy Department at Kyoto University, Japan.

Michael O’Sullivan is a Tutor in the Department of Philosophy at King’s College London, UK.

"… I think this is a good volume. The individual papers are, for the most part, clearly and carefully argued. They raise interesting questions both about perception and about Wittgenstein's thoughts about perception, and they usefully speak to each other in both obvious and unobvious ways. … The editors' overview is substantive and broad, and it offers some original and insightful observations." - Avner Baz, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews