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Abstract Some scholars suggest a puzzle presents itself in Ludwig Wittgenstein's final words in the mismatch between what Norman Malcolm describes as a ‘fiercely unhappy’ life and Wittgenstein's expression of that life as ‘wonderful’. Ronald L. Hall attempts to overcome the apparent puzzle by retranslating Wittgenstein's final words into an expression ...
Ryan Manhire
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Wittgenstein on necessity: ‘Are you not really an idealist in disguise?’
Wittgenstein characterises ‘necessary truths’ as rules of representation that do not answer to reality. The invocation of rules of representation has led many to compare his work with Kant's. This comparison is illuminating, but it can also be misleading.
Sam W. A. Couldrick
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OTHELLO Y EL PROBLEMA DE LOS OTROS. UNA APROXIMACIÓN A LA FILOSOFÍA DE STANLEY CAVELL
El artículo que sigue intenta presentar el pensamiento de Stanley Cavell y mostrar algunas líneas de conexión que se dan en su obra entre la filosofía y la literatura.
Alex R. Nadal
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Abstract Leading philosophical models of curiosity represent it as a desiderative attitude whose content is a question, and which is satisfied by knowledge of the answer to that question. I argue that these models do not capture the distinctive character of a form of curiosity that I call 'erotic curiosity'.
Daniela Dover
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This paper concerns friendship as an aspect of family love and its fragilities. I explore love as an on-going ethical demand and problem in family life, one that can present continual obstacles to the ability to continue as a family.
Cheryl Mattingly
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Abstract This paper investigates the norm of presupposition, as one pervasive type of indirect speech act. It argues against the view that sees presuppositions as an indirect counterpart of the direct speech act of assertion and proposes instead that they are much more similar to the direct speech act of assumption.
Julia Zakkou
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Occasions for Scarcity: From Ecology towards Theology by Way of Poetry
Abstract This article begins with an examination of the contested term ‘scarcity’, tracing it through its signal presence in economics, then mutating within ecology, eventually appearing on the margins of theology. If poetry is to offer some degree of mediation, the article considers what would be the basis of an appropriate poetics, one which must be ...
Peter Larkin
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O vrijednosti: rekonstrukcija pojma nakon „smrti” estetike
The article addresses the issue of value present in Stanley Cavell’s philosophy of art. It focuses on Cavell as the representative of the Anglo-American ordinary language philosophy and his attitude towards the European tradition of post-structuralism ...
Nikola Dedić
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Small Talk and the Cinema: Conversation, Philosophy and the Case of Sullivan's Travels
This article seeks to bring small talk about cinema – the type of conversation that can begin with the question “Have you seen any good movies lately?” – into the analytical ambit of cinema and media studies.
Cooper Long
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