Wittgenstein and Normative Inquiry: 9 (Studies in Moral Philosophy, 9) - Hardcover

9789004324091: Wittgenstein and Normative Inquiry: 9 (Studies in Moral Philosophy, 9)

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ISBN 10: 9004324097 ISBN 13: 9789004324091

Publisher: Brill, 2016

Wittgenstein and Normative Inquiry examines the relevance of Ludwig Wittgenstein's philosophy for ethics, aesthetics, political philosophy, and religion. It analyzes the intellectual contexts which shaped Wittgenstein's normative thought, traces his influences, and presents contemporary uses of his philosophy in normative fields.

The chapters focus on the nature of normative inquiry. Together, they present a Wittgensteinian approach to normative inquiry, which, while broad and contested, stands in contrast to dominant deductive approaches. Arguing to normative conclusions by showing family resemblances, drawing analogies, using persuasion, appealing to naturalist arguments, authors and Wittgensteinians discussed by them expand our notion of normative inquiry.

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About the Author

Mark Bevir, D.Phil., Oxford University, is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He has published on political theory, public policy, and philosophy of the social sciences, including his latest book, A Theory of Governance (2013).

Andrius Gališanka, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, is Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University. He has published on political theory and philosophy of the social sciences.

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