Wittgenstein's (misunderstood) religious thought
This book argues that Wittgenstein's religious thought is misunderstood by its critics, and that their misunderstandings are a result of being oblivious of apophatic theology--the theology that encapsulates Wittgenstein's religious point of view.
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- Full title :Wittgenstein's (misunderstood) religious thought / by Earl Stanley B. Fronda.
Summary
This book argues that Wittgenstein's religious thought is misunderstood by its critics, and that their misunderstandings are a result of being oblivious of apophatic theology--the theology that encapsulates Wittgenstein's religious point of view.
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- Publication Date:2010.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Brill
- Place of Publication:Leiden, the Netherlands
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxi, 242 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9789004186118, 9004186115, 1283039400, 9781283039406, 9786613039408, 6613039403
- DOI:10.1163/ej.9789004186095.i-242
- oclc:ocn707926514
- LC Classification:B3376.W564
- Dewey Decimal:210.92
Table of Contents
Wittgenstein's religious point of view -- The theology of the early Wittgenstein -- The mature Wittgenstein on (religious) language -- The mature Wittgenstein on seeing and (not) speaking of God -- God exists after Wittgenstein after St. Thomas Aquinas -- Wittgenstein on the (supposed) evidence for God's existence -- Wittgenstein's religious realism with attitude -- The Wittgensteinian philosophy of religion is misunderstood -- Concluding remarks: The difference it makes in understanding Wittgenstein's religious point of view.
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