Vol. 6 No. 1 (2013): Wittgenstein on Aesthetics / Aesthetics on Wittgenstein
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Aesthetics - Wittgenstein’s Paradigm of Philosophy?

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  • Simo Säätelä
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Aisthesis-12836

Published 2013-05-15

Keywords

  • Wittgenstein,
  • aesthetics,
  • mathematics,
  • method

How to Cite

Säätelä, S. (2013). Aesthetics - Wittgenstein’s Paradigm of Philosophy?. Aisthesis. Pratiche, Linguaggi E Saperi dell’estetico, 6(1), 35–53. https://doi.org/10.13128/Aisthesis-12836
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Abstract

This paper attempts to elucidate Wittgenstein’s remark about the “strange resemblance between a philosophical investigation (especially in mathematics) and an aesthetic one” from 1937 by looking at its textual and philosophical context. The conclusion is that the remark can be seen both as a description of a particular conception of philosophy, a prescription or declaration of intent (to proceed in a particular way), and a reminder (to Wittgenstein himself) about the form of a philosophical investigation. Furthermore, it is concluded that the Darstellungsform he has in mind is the one that finds expression especially in the first part of the PI.
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