Describing Reality: Wittgenstein on Metaphysics
| dc.contributor.advisor | Koopman, Colin | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Gallagher, Daphne | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Brence, Steven | |
| dc.contributor.author | Narode, Simon | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-12T20:33:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-07-12T20:33:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The later Ludwig Wittgenstein appears to be critical of philosophy. But what does that mean? In this paper, I will examine Wittgenstein’s treatment of metaphysical questions. I will argue that he sees philosophers’ attempts to answer these questions as a misuse of language, and that by uncovering the nature of language, Wittgenstein hopes to resolve this philosophical confusion. My belief is that Wittgenstein makes a fatal error, preemptively killing metaphysics with what may be a reductive philosophical framework. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-6260-6660 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/27388 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | |
| dc.rights | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | |
| dc.subject | Wittgenstein | en_US |
| dc.subject | metaphysics | en_US |
| dc.subject | analytic | en_US |
| dc.subject | philosophy | en_US |
| dc.subject | language | en_US |
| dc.title | Describing Reality: Wittgenstein on Metaphysics | |
| dc.type | Thesis/Dissertation |