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Wittgenstein Today
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In this paper,¹ I briefly take stock of Wittgenstein’s contribution to philosophy and some other disciplines. Surveying some of the ways in which he emphasizes the primacy of action, together with the superfluity - in basic cases - of propositions and cognition, in his account of mind, language and action, I suggest that, far from being a maverick philosopher, Wittgenstein’s pioneering ’enactivism’ puts him in the mainstream of philosophy today. I mention the importance of his thought for the philosophy of mind and epistemology, as also for psychology and the cognitive sciences, and conclude that Wittgenstein’s philosophy is still spearheading the fight against physicalism and reductionism.
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Some epistemic particulars come to play the role of a hinge in our everyday epistemological practices.
“Without diving too deep into this philosophy, on which there is other work available [36,37], it is clear that we can say that some epistemic particulars come to play the role of a hinge in our everyday epistemological practices.”
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- Authors
- Moyal-Sharrock, D.
- Affiliations
- Hertfordshire
- Venue
- Wittgenstein-Studien
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2016-02-01
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-14
- ISSN
- 1868-7431 (ISSN-L)
- 1868-7458
- OpenAlex
- W4241570192
- Cited by
- 5
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 2.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- uhra.herts.ac.uk
- Locations
- Wittgenstein-Studien (publishedVersion)
- University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire) (acceptedVersion)
- University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Logic and Philosophy of Science
- Keywords
- Wittgenstein, enactivism, language and mind, cognition, philosophy of mind, epistemology, philosophy of psychology, cognitive science, anti-physicalism, anti-reductionism
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