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Leading a Human Life (Paperback, New edition)
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Leading a Human Life (Paperback, New edition)
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In this provocative new study, Richard Eldridge presents a highly
original and compelling account of Wittgenstein's "Philosophical
Investigations," one of the most enduring yet enigmatic works of
the twentieth century. He does so by reading the text as a
dramatization of what is perhaps life's central motivating
struggle--the inescapable human need to pursue an ideal of
expressive freedom within the difficult terms set by culture.
Eldridge sees Wittgenstein as a Romantic protagonist, engaged in an
ongoing internal dialogue over the nature of intentional
consciousness, ranging over ethics, aesthetics, and philosophy of
mind. The picture of the human mind that emerges through this
dialogue unsettles behaviorism, cognitivism, and all other
scientifically oriented orthodoxies. Leading a human life becomes a
creative act, akin to writing a poem, of continuously seeking to
overcome both complacency and skepticism. Eldridge's careful
reconstruction of the central motive of Wittgenstein's work will
influence all subsequent scholarship on it.
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