Confusion of the Spheres

Kierkegaard and Wittgenstein on Philosophy and Religion
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-958196-2
Verlag: OUP UK

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 319 g

Fresh insight into Kierkegaard's influence on Wittgenstein
Forceful and clearly-articulated arguments; in-depth analysis of primary and secondary literature
Original contribution to key themes in the philosophy of religion

Cursory allusions to the relation between Kierkegaard and Wittgenstein are common in the philosophical literature, but there has been little in the way of serious and comprehensive commentary on the relationship of their ideas. Genia Schönbaumsfeld closes this gap and offers new readings of Kierkegaard's and Wittgenstein's conceptions of philosophy and religious belief.

Chapter one documents Kierkegaard's influence on Wittgenstein, while chapters two and three provide trenchant criticisms of two prominent attempts to compare the two thinkers, D. Z. Phillips and James Conant. In chapter four, Schönbaumsfeld develops Kierkegaard's and Wittgenstein's concerted criticisms of the 'spaceship view' of religion and defends it against the common charges of 'fideism' and 'irrationalism'.

As well as contributing to contemporary debate about how to read Kierkegaard's and Wittgenstein's work, A Confusion of the Spheres addresses issues which not only concern scholars of Wittgenstein and Kierkegaard, but anyone interested in the philosophy of religion, or the ethical aspects of philosophical practice as such.

Zielgruppe

Advanced students and scholars of the philosophy of Wittgenstein or Kierkegaard; those with an interest in philosophy and theology and their history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schonbaumsfeld, Genia

Schönbaumsfeld, Genia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Christliche Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 19. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1: Kierkegaard's Influence on Wittgenstein's Thought
2: The Point of Kierkegaard's and Wittgenstein's Philosophical Authorship
3: Sense and Ineffabilia - Kierkegaard and the Tractatus
4: A Confusion of the Spheres - Kierkegaard's and Wittgenstein's Conception of Religious Belief
Conclusion
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Genia Schönbaumsfeld, University of Southampton