Wittgenstein and Reason

This volume discusses Wittgenstein’s work, as well as his oeuvre in general, and its implications for the nature of reason. Investigates the nature of reason which has always been a topic at the very heart of Western philosophy Analyses how Wittgenstein raised crucial questions about the subject - most notably in his critique of Frazer’s Golden Bough, his discussions of various philosophical aspects of religion, and the famous ‘rule-following considerations’ from his Philosophical Investigations Contributors include prominent Wittgenstein scholars from the UK and continental Europe including Hanjo Glock, Genia Schönbaumsfeld, Severin Schroeder Joachim Schulte and Crispin Wright Contains a translation of an important paper by the French Wittgenstein scholar Jacques Bouveresse, alongside six new papers by other contributors

Preface vii 1 Wittgenstein’s Critique of Frazer 1 Jacques Bouveresse 2 Relativism, Commensurability and Translatability 21 Hans-Johann Glock 3 ‘Back to the Rough Ground!’ Wittgensteinian Reflections on Rationality and Reason 47 Jane Heal 4 Worlds or Words Apart? Wittgenstein on Understanding Religious Language 65 Genia Schönbaumsfeld 5 The Tightrope Walker 85 Severin Schroeder 6 Rules and Reason 107 Joachim Schulte 7 Rule-Following without Reasons: Wittgenstein’s Quietism and the Constitutive Question 123 Crispin Wright Index 145