2012-2013 University Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2012-2013 University Catalog archived

Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)

PHIL 320 - Wittgenstein


FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered occasionally

Prerequisites: One course in philosophy and instructor consent. Ludwig Wittgenstein is arguably the most influential philosopher of the 20th century. His thought presents a challenge to fundamental assumptions in the history of philosophical ideas. Ultimately, he sees philosophical problems such as those surrounding the nature of being and mind, and questions about how we understand the world as persuasive and subtle misdirections that language can pull us toward. Consequently, in later works, Wittgenstein attempts to dissolve philosophical problems by untangling their sources in language. This course is a close study of Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations, highlighted by the use of secondary sources, including an emphasis on the analysis of language, meaning, rule-following, understanding, mind, and states of consciousness. Lowney.





Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)