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Also, I purchased a certain detrctive series by Norbert Davis ;)
I highly recommend combining this with @Helen Lewis's recent "The Genius Myth"
Additionally, I don't know if you got an answer to Grayling's criticism in there!
I'll put THE GENIUS MYTH on my wishlist. I don't think I did get an answer to Grayling, but I need to revisit the end of that book and see what I think of it now.
Nathan wrote: "I highly recommend combining this with @Helen Lewis's recent "The Genius Myth"
Additionally, I don't know if you got an answer to Grayling's criticism in there!"
I reread Grayling's 111-125/6
I think half of his points are about Wittgenstein's hard line on meaning-as-use and are issues that others raised to Wittgenstein, but he got belligerent about instead of answering. I think Grayling is probably right and Wittgenstein's view needs to be modified/moderated (which is where I would put myself).
Another half are about what Wittgenstein's views entail (like cognitive relativism) and the fact that many won't like those views. Some will just bite the bullet on those.
Grayling is definitely right that while Wittgenstein's name is hallowed, Russell and Frege's views are far more represented in philosophy, and while many will argue that Wittgenstein had more influence, it's difficult to see.
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I highly recommend combining this with @Helen Lewis's recent "The Genius Myth"Additionally, I don't know if you got an answer to Grayling's criticism in there!
I'll put THE GENIUS MYTH on my wishlist. I don't think I did get an answer to Grayling, but I need to revisit the end of that book and see what I think of it now.
Nathan wrote: "I highly recommend combining this with @Helen Lewis's recent "The Genius Myth"Additionally, I don't know if you got an answer to Grayling's criticism in there!"
I reread Grayling's 111-125/6
I think half of his points are about Wittgenstein's hard line on meaning-as-use and are issues that others raised to Wittgenstein, but he got belligerent about instead of answering. I think Grayling is probably right and Wittgenstein's view needs to be modified/moderated (which is where I would put myself).
Another half are about what Wittgenstein's views entail (like cognitive relativism) and the fact that many won't like those views. Some will just bite the bullet on those.
Grayling is definitely right that while Wittgenstein's name is hallowed, Russell and Frege's views are far more represented in philosophy, and while many will argue that Wittgenstein had more influence, it's difficult to see.
