Searching for rigor and a clear grasp of the essential features of
their objects of investigation, philosophers are often driven to
exaggerations and harmful simplifications. According to Ludwig
Wittgenstein's provocative suggestion, this has to do with
confusions relating to the status of philosophical statements. "The
Struggle against Dogmatism" elucidates his view that there are no
theses, doctrines, or theories in philosophy. Even when this claim
is taken seriously, explanations of what it means are
problematic--typically involving a relapse to theses. This book
makes Wittgenstein's philosophical approach comprehensible by
presenting it as a response to specific problems relating to the
practice of philosophy, in particular the problem of dogmatism.
Although the focus of this book is on Wittgenstein's later
work, Oskari Kuusela also discusses Wittgenstein's early philosophy
as expressed in the "Tractatus," as well as the relation between
his early and later work. In the light of this account of
Wittgenstein's critique of his early thought, Kuusela is able to
render concrete what Wittgenstein means by philosophizing without
theses or theories. In his later philosophy, Kuusela argues,
Wittgenstein establishes a non-metaphysical (though not
anti-metaphysical) approach to philosophy without philosophical
hierarchies. This method leads to an increase in the flexibility of
philosophical thought without a loss in rigor.
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