Language Lost Found Iris Murdoch Forsberg Wittgenstein Kierkegaard Cavell G
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Language Lost Found Iris Murdoch Forsberg Wittgenstein Kierkegaard Cavell G. Forsberg draws on Stanley Cavell, Cora Diamond, and Stephen Mulhall to show how one might avoid the tendency of philosophers toward "deflection" from the "difficulties of reality.". "Can we lose our moral concepts?". Language Lost and Found On Iris Murdoch and the Limits of Philosophical Discourse A General Loss of Concepts "Can we lose our moral concepts?" Can our culture and our understanding of the human occlude the background that alone makes sense of the ideals we want to live by? Niklas Forsberg argues that this is a basic insight of Iris Murdoch's philosophy. Murdoch claimed "we have suffered a general loss of concepts"—a loss of moral and political vocabulary that would enable us to see ourselves in connection to values and realities that transcend us. This book offers a thorough reading of Murdoch's philosophy in light of this difficulty, examining the problem of linguistic community and the roots of the thought that some philosophical problems arise due to our having lost the sense of our own language. When Language Fails: Mirroring & Indirect Communication — Wittgenstein and Kierkegaard supply these concepts for interpreting Murdoch Reading The Black Prince — "Murdoch's most self-consciously Platonic Kierkegaardian love story" Smashing Mirrors, Returning to Ordinary — Literature, distance, and the return of our words Philosophy's "Dryness" — Experiences that refuse reduction to clearly defined concepts Novelists vs Philosophers — Novelists struggle with confusing, distressing issues without stepping aside from emotional intensity Against Nussbaum — Forsberg "dismantles one of the most influential current readings of Murdoch" But this is also a call for radical reconsideration of how philosophy and literature relate to each other on a general level and in Murdoch's authorship in particular. Forsberg draws on Stanley Cavell, Cora Diamond, and Stephen Mulhall to show how one might avoid the tendency of philosophers toward "deflection" from the "difficulties of reality." "This is one of the most philosophically sophisticated contributions to these interlinked issues that I have come across in the last decade; the care, charity and ease with which Forsberg contests and dismantles one of the most influential current readings of Murdoch (that advanced by Nussbaum) is enough on its own to make it clear that standards in this area have just been raised." —Stephen Mulhall, Professor of Philosophy, New College, Oxford CONDITION: G (Ex-Library) Author Niklas Forsberg Publisher Bloomsbury Academic Year 2013 ISBN 978-1-62356-483-4 Pages 245 pages Format Hardcover Niklas Forsberg Niklas Forsberg is Research Associate in the Department of Philosophy at Uppsala University, Sweden. He is co-editor of Language, Ethics and Animal Life: Wittgenstein and Beyond. Six Chapters Apparent Paradoxes How to Make a Mirror Sensing a Sense Lost Reading The Black Prince What is it Like to Be a Corpse? Smashing Mirrors, Returning Words Why This Book Matters "A fair bang in the philosophy of literature ... Forsberg's addition to this scene is brilliant and necessary ... This [book] will reverberate." Murdoch on "general loss of concepts" Wittgenstein + Kierkegaard on mirroring & indirection Against Nussbaum's influential reading Philosophy & literature reconsidered ✓ Condition: G (Good) - Ex-Library, Hardcover 2013 This is an ex-library hardcover copy in good condition. ✓ Binding: Tight ✓ Pages: Crisp—no writing/highlighting ✓ Overall: Excellent condition for ex-library Please examine photos. A solid ex-library copy of this "philosophically sophisticated" work. 📦 SHIPPING: Will be shipped carefully and quickly the same or next business day ▸ LISTED BY JT ENTERPORTALS ▸ ~ Iris Murdoch • Wittgenstein • Philosophy & Literature ~ >>Powered by WonderLister App
