Una ética sin sujeto: lógica y misticismo en el Tractatus de Wittgenstein

Translated title of the contribution: An ethics without subject: Logic and mysticism in Wittgenstein's Tractatus

Chon Tejedor

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Abstract

In this paper, I put forward a new understanding of the ethical dimension of Wittgenstein's Tractatus. I present an alternative to what has come to be known as the Schopenhauerian reading on Tractarian ethics. The Schopenhauerian reading makes two central claims: firstly, that the Tractatus posits a transcendental subject as condition of ethics; secondly, that, for Wittgenstein, morality involves making a choice between two attitudes towards the world. In this paper, I argue against this reading and defend an alternative understanding of the ethical purpose of the Tractatus.

Translated title of the contributionAn ethics without subject: Logic and mysticism in Wittgenstein's Tractatus
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)5-25
Number of pages21
JournalTeorema
Volume31
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 12 Mar 2012

Keywords

  • Choice
  • Ethics
  • Logic
  • Subject
  • Tractatus
  • Transcendental
  • Wittgenstein

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