Wittgenstein, Plato and the ‘Craving for Generality’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23196557 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Franco Trabattoni (0000-0001-6919-3339, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 220-248 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Wittgenstein and Plato (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9781137313447_10 |
| OpenAlex | W2492861948 |
| ISBN | 9781137313447 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
One could say that the main feature of Plato's metaphysics is the priority of universals and of the knowledge of universals (as stressed, for instance, by the theory of recollection) over particulars and the knowledge of particulars. This view, which has provided a basic starting point for western metaphysical thought up to the 'renversement du platonisme' shared by a great part of contemporary philosophers, has been seriously challenged by Ludwig Wittgenstein. This chapter aims at showing that this opposition is not so simple and neat as it might at first seem. Even if from a general point of view Wittgenstein's position provides a typical case of anti-Platonism, a deeper analysis reveals a much more complex situation.KeywordsLinguistic ExpressionExternal RealityPhilosophical InvestigationUniversal TermPrivate LanguageThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Epistemology · Generality · Metaphysics · Opposition (politics) · Platonism · Political science · Politics · Problem of universals · Simple (philosophy) · Structuralism (philosophy of science) · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Historical Philosophy and Science · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |