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- Explains the decline of the later Wittgensteinian tradition in the history of analytic philosophy from the 1950s to the present day
- Illuminates the tension between Wittgenstein's later humanistic style and the natural science- based methods of post second world war analytic philosophy
- Traces the impact of Wittgenstein's legacy including his early reception in the United States
Part of the book series: History of Analytic Philosophy (History of Analytic Philosophy)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book aims to explain the decline of the later Wittgensteinian tradition in analytic philosophy during the second half of the twentieth century. Throughout the 1950s, Oxford was the center of analytic philosophy and Wittgenstein – the later Wittgenstein – the most influential contemporary thinker within that philosophical tradition. Wittgenstein's methods and ideas were widely accepted, with everything seeming to point to the Wittgensteinian paradigm having a similar impact on the philosophical scenes of all English speaking countries. However, this was not to be the case. By the 1980s, albeit still important, Wittgenstein was considered as a somewhat marginal thinker. What occurred within the history of analytic philosophy to produce such a decline?
This book expertly traces the early reception of Wittgenstein in the United States, the shift in the humanities to a tradition rooted in the natural sciences, and the economic crisis of the mid-1970s, to revealthe factors that contributed to the eventual hostility towards the later Wittgensteinian tradition.
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Paolo Tripodi
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Analytic Philosophy and the Later Wittgensteinian Tradition
Authors: Paolo Tripodi
Series Title: History of Analytic Philosophy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-49990-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-49989-9Published: 01 February 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-49990-5Published: 31 January 2020
Series ISSN: 2634-5994
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6001
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 267
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Philosophy of Language, History of Philosophy, Analytic Philosophy