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A Confusion of the Spheres

Kierkegaard and Wittgenstein on Philosophy and Religion

by Genia Schonbaumsfeld (professor Of Philosophy, Professor Of Philosophy, University Of Southampton)

  • Paperback
  • 224 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 13.8 x 21.1 x 1.6 cm

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Cursory allusions to the relation between Kierkegaard and Wittgenstein are common in the philosophical literature, but there has been little in the way of serious and comprehensive commentary on the relationship of their ideas. Genia Schonbaumsfeld closes this gap and offers new readings of Kierkegaard's and Wittgenstein's conceptions of philosophy and religious belief. Chapter one documents Kierkegaard's influence on Wittgenstein, while chapters two and three provide trenchant criticisms of two prominent attempts to compare the two thinkers, D. Z. Phillips and James Conant. In chapter four, Schonbaumsfeld develops Kierkegaard's and Wittgenstein's concerted criticisms of the 'spaceship view' of religion and defends it against the common charges of 'fideism' and 'irrationalism'. As well as contributing to contemporary debate about how to read Kierkegaard's and Wittgenstein's work, A Confusion of the Spheres addresses issues which not only concern scholars of Wittgenstein and Kierkegaard, but anyone interested in the philosophy of religion, or the ethical aspects of philosophical practice as such.
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  • Author

    Genia Schonbaumsfeld (professor Of Philosophy, Professor Of Philosophy, University Of Southampton)

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    March 2010

  • Weight

    291g

  • Page Count

    224

  • Dimensions

    13.8 x 21.1 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780199581962

  • ISBN-10

    0199581967

  • Eden Code

    3068381

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