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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN-100226753018
ISBN-139780226753010
eBay Product ID (ePID)81987
Product Key Features
Number of Pages153 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameLogic and Sin in the Writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein
Publication Year1993
SubjectIndividual Philosophers, Christian Theology / Anthropology, History & Surveys / Modern, Logic, Philosophy
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion, Philosophy
AuthorPhilip R. Shields
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight15 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN92-016651
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal192
Table Of ContentPreface Abbreviations 1: Logic and Sin: An Introduction 2: The Limit 3: The Fearful Judge 4: The Specter of Sin 5: Writing to the Glory of God Notes Selected Bibliography Index
SynopsisPhilip R. Shields shows that ethical and religious concerns inform even the most technical writings on logic and language, and that, for Wittgenstein, the need to establish clear limitations is both a logical and an ethical demand. Rather than merely saying specific things about theology and religion, major texts from the Tractatus to the Philosophical Investigations express their fundamentally religious nature by showing that there are powers which bear down upon and sustain us. Shields finds a religious view of the world at the very heart of Wittgenstein's philosophy. "Shields argues that the appearance throughout Wittgenstein's writings of such concepts as ritual, limit, transgression, a change of will, pride, temptation, and judgment implies a relation between religion and the logical aspects of Wittgenstein's philosophy."-- Choice "Of the many recent books about Wittgenstein, Logic and Sin is one of the very few that are well worth having"--Fergus Kerr, Modern Theology "What Shields has uncovered in Wittgenstein's religious sensibility is something genuine and profound. . . . Shields has not just written an important book on Wittgenstein but an enlightening work that invites further reflection."--Eric O. Springsted, Cross Currents