Wittgenstein and Meaning in Life : In Search of the Human Voice

What Could Wittgenstein's Body Of Texts Contribute To The Rapidly Growing Literature On Life's Meaning? This Book Not Only Examines Wittgenstein's Scattered Remarks About Value And 'sense Of Life' But Also Argues That His Philosophy And His 'way Of Seeing' Has Far Reaching Implications For The Way Current Strands In The Literature (naturalism, Supernaturalism, And Nihilism) Approach The Question Of Life's Meaning. Hosseini Argues That Wittgenstein's Method Of Doing Philosophy Would Suggest That The Focus Should Be Shifted From Finding The Metaphysical And Theoretical Conditions Of A Meaningful Life To An Anthropological Observation Of The Ways We Enquire About Life's Meaning. Some Of The Ideas That Hosseini Explores And Examines Are The Relation Between Meaning In Life And 'world-picture', The Precedence Of Life Over The Intentional Pursuit Of Meaning, The Absence Of Doubt In Everyday Life, The Rejection Of Theoretical Dichotomy Between The Great And Ordinary Meaning, And The Confessional Nature Of Our Enquiry Into Life's Meaning-- Machine Generated Contents Note: -- Introduction1. Book Of Facts, Book Of Values2. The Limits Of Justification3. Aspect-seeing And Meaning In Life4. In Defence Of The Ordinary 5. On Detachment Or Why The Shopkeeper Does Not Investigate His Apples6. The Human Voice: The Confessionality Of Enquiring Into Life's Meaningcodabibliography. Reza Hosseini, Rhodes University, South Africa. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "What could Wittgenstein's body of texts contribute to the rapidly growing literature on life's meaning? This book not only examines Wittgenstein's scattered remarks about value and 'sense of life' but also argues that his philosophy and his 'way of seeing' has far reaching implications for the way current strands in the literature (naturalism, supernaturalism, and nihilism) approach the question of life's meaning. Hosseini argues that Wittgenstein's method of doing philosophy would suggest that the focus should be shifted from finding the metaphysical and theoretical conditions of a meaningful life to an anthropological observation of the ways we enquire about life's meaning. Some of the ideas that Hosseini explores and examines are the relation between meaning in life and 'world-picture', the precedence of life over the intentional pursuit of meaning, the absence of doubt in everyday life, the rejection of theoretical dichotomy between the great and ordinary meaning, and the confessional nature of our enquiry into life's meaning"-- Provided by publisher What could Wittgenstein's work contribute to the rapidly growing literature on life's meaning? This book not only examines Wittgenstein's scattered remarks about value and 'sense of life' but also argues that his philosophy and 'way of seeing' has far reaching implications for the ways theorists approach an ancient question: 'How shall one live?'. Introduction 1. Book of Facts, Book of Values 2. The Limits of Justification 3. Aspect-Seeing and Meaning in Life 4. In Defence of the Ordinary 5. On Detachment or Why the Shopkeeper Does Not Investigate His Apples 6. The Human Voice: The Confessional Nature of Enquiring into Life's Meaning Coda Notes Bibliography Index