Oskari Kuusela

Biographic Data

ID460267
NAMEOskari Kuusela
GIVEN NAMESOskari
FAMILY NAMEKuusela
SIGNATUREKUUSELA O
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of East Anglia
ORCID0000-0002-9345-9499
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR3
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Carnap and Wittgenstein

    Open AccessOskari KuuselaARTICLEPhilosophies2024

    This article discusses the relationship between Ludwig Wittgenstein’s and Rudolf Carnap’s philosophies of logic during the time of Wittgenstein’s interactions with the Vienna Circle and up to 1934 when the German edition of Carnap’s The Logical Syntax of Language was published. Whilst Section 1 focuses on the relationship between Carnap and Wittgenstein’s Tractatus, including Wittgenstein’s accusation of plagiarism against Carnap in 1932, Section…

  • Engaging Kripke with Wittgenstein

    Mats Gustafsson, Martin Gustafsson et al.BOOKEngaging Kripke with Wittgenstein2023

    In this chapter, I argue, with reference to Wittgenstein’s discussion of the standard meter in the Philosophical Investigations, that Kripke’s introduction of the epistemological-metaphysical category of contingent a priori in Naming and Necessity fails, due to his overlooking certain important distinctions in the use of relevant expressions and due to his unrecognized or unacknowledged wavering between different uses of relevant sentences. If th…

  • Wittgenstein’s Tractatus without paradox

    Open AccessOskari KuuselaARTICLERevista de Filosofia Aurora2022

    This article proposes an interpretation of Wittgenstein’s so-called picture theory of propositions that forgoes the attribution of unsayable truths or theses to the Tractatus. Consequently, the interpretation avoids describing the Tractatus as entangled in a paradox of nonsensical theses. Rather, I argue, the proper expression for Wittgenstein’s logical insights is a logical symbolism into whose structure they are encoded. This also applies to hi…

  • Wittgenstein and the unity of good

    Open AccessOskari KuuselaARTICLEEuropean Journal of Philosophy2020

    This paper discusses the problem of the unity of moral good, concerning the kind of unity that moral good or the concept thereof constitutes. In particular, I am concerned with how Wittgenstein's identification of various complex modes of conceptual unity, and his introduction of a methodology of clarification for dealing with such complex concepts, can help with the problem of unity, as it rises from the moral philosophical tradition. Relating t…

  • Wittgenstein and Phenomenology

    Oskari Kuusela, Mihai Ometiţă et al.EDITORBOOKWittgenstein and Phenomenology2018

  • Wittgenstein on Logic As the Method of Philosophy

    Oskari KuuselaBOOKWittgenstein on Logic As the…2018

  • The Oxford handbook of Wittgenstein

    Andrew Lugg, Oskari Kuusela et al.EDITORBOOKThe Oxford handbook of Wittgenstein2011

    "Since the middle of the 20th century Ludwig Wittgenstein has been an exceptionally influential and controversial figure wherever philosophy is studied. This is the most comprehensive volume ever published on Wittgenstein: thirty-five leading scholars explore the whole range of his thought, offering critical engagement and original interpretation, and tracing his philosophical development. Topics discussed include logic and mathematics, language …

  • Wittgenstein's Private Language

    Oskari KuuselaARTICLEThe Philosophical Quarterly2010

    Stephen Mulhall's book is a contribution to the debate on Wittgenstein's discussion of the idea of a private language, a debate which now stretches over some fifty years. However, rather than assuming the standard approach of focusing on the possibility of or the idea of a private language, and the significance of this to the philosophy of mind or language, Mulhall takes a different approach. His strategy is to bring considerations of Wittgenstei…

  • Wittgenstein and His Interpreters

    Guy Kahane, Edward Kanterian et al.EDITORBOOKWittgenstein and His Interpreters2008