The Limits of Language: A Comparative Study of Kant, Wittgenstein, and Lao Tzu - Hardcover

Shen, Aimin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0773415475 ISBN 13: 9780773415478

Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

This work is a logical treatise providing a picture of the totality of human experience. As we cannot simply step outside language to express its totality, the book demonstrates, by principle of logic, there is something that cannot be said through the logical analysis of language itself. Hence, mysticism arises as a matter of logical necessity. It addresses several conceptual, textual and interpretive issues of potential interest to specialist scholars, with the simplicity, freshness and directness of approach accessible to the non-specialist reader.

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About the Author

Dr. Aimin Shen is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana. She currently teaches a variety of courses, including Chinese philosophy, Taoism, and Chan Buddhism. She earned her Ph.D. at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

Edition details

• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773415475
• ISBN 13: 9780773415478
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 236