Steven G Affeldt
Biographic Data
| ID | 4397375 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven G Affeldt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven G |
| FAMILY NAME | Affeldt |
| SIGNATURE | AFFELDT S G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“As If I Could Read the Darkness”
The number and variety of images of reading in the Investigations suggest that, for Wittgenstein, reading is an essential part of our natural history and of the human form of life. Further, his treatments of reading show that different forms of reading express and sustain different forms of life. This essay explores what the Investigations reveals as the existential stakes of different modes of reading. Beginning with Wittgenstein’s opening engag…
Walking and Falling
In Philosophical Myths of the Fall, Stephen Mulhall argues that Wittgenstein’s Investigations harbors genuinely redemptive ambitions, but necessarily fails to achieve them. For him, Wittgenstein’s correct identification of the condition from which redemption is required—a structural flaw in human nature akin to the Christian idea of Original Sin—itself militates against the success of any redemptive efforts that, like Wittgenstein’s, do not rely …
The Force of Freedom
In ancient times, when persuasion played the role of public force, eloquence was necessary. Of what use would it be today, when public force has replaced persuasion. One needs neither art nor metaphor to say such is my pleasure. Jean Jacques Rousseau
The Force of Freedom
In ancient times, when persuasion played the role of public force, eloquence was necessary. Of what use would it be today, when public force has replaced persuasion. One needs neither art nor metaphor to say such is my pleasure. Jean Jacques Rousseau
The Force of Freedom
In ancient times, when persuasion played the role of public force, eloquence was necessary. Of what use would it be today, when public force has replaced persuasion. One needs neither art nor metaphor to say such is my pleasure. Jean Jacques Rousseau
Walking and Falling
In Philosophical Myths of the Fall, Stephen Mulhall argues that Wittgenstein’s Investigations harbors genuinely redemptive ambitions, but necessarily fails to achieve them. For him, Wittgenstein’s correct identification of the condition from which redemption is required—a structural flaw in human nature akin to the Christian idea of Original Sin—itself militates against the success of any redemptive efforts that, like Wittgenstein’s, do not rely …
“As If I Could Read the Darkness”
The number and variety of images of reading in the Investigations suggest that, for Wittgenstein, reading is an essential part of our natural history and of the human form of life. Further, his treatments of reading show that different forms of reading express and sustain different forms of life. This essay explores what the Investigations reveals as the existential stakes of different modes of reading. Beginning with Wittgenstein’s opening engag…
Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (2 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (2 works) · Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · CONTEST (1 work) · Existentialism (1 work) · Law (1 work) · Law (1 work) · Law and economics (1 work) · Linguistics (1 work)