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Dissertation: The Ethics
of Logic: Wittgenstein’s Use of Literary
Irony
In my dissertation, I examine the mystical-ethical
aspect of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus
Logico-Philosophicus. By drawing parallels
between the Tractatus and Kierkegaard’s
pseudonymous corpus—namely that they
both employ Socratic irony—I argue
that the form of the Tractatus is
essential to understanding Wittgenstein’s
analysis of the logic of ordinary language.
I hope to show that understanding the content
of Wittgenstein’s theory of logic and
language requires understanding why he
offers it (the Tractatus’ purpose)
and how he presents it (its expository
peculiarities). Wittgenstein, I argue, was
reacting to Frege and Russell’s tendency
to make philosophy too scientific and too
impersonal.
Primary
Research Interests
- The History of Analytic Philosophy (especially
Wittgenstein)
- Kierkegaard and Socrates
- Informal Reasoning
- Ethics
Secondary Research Interests
- Continental Philosophy (especially
Heidegger)
- Existentialism
- The Philosophy of Language and Logic
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