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Institute of Philosophy Events of Institute of Philosophy AS CR Semináře Anja Weiberg: Wittgenstein’s critique of the ideal of ‘sublimation’

Anja Weiberg: Wittgenstein’s critique of the ideal of ‘sublimation’

Organized by the Department of Logic

21. 04. 2022

14:00

Meeting room („zasedačka“), Institute of Philosophy CAS, Jilská 1, Prague 1

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Abstract
The late Wittgenstein uses the word ‘sublimation’ - usually with a positive connotation - in a rather critical way: For him, the ideal of sublimation is the source of many philosophical confusions, in that it reinforces or produces in the first place the philosophical problems that are supposed to be solved.

In this lecture, I will first analyse what this ideal of sublimation consists of for Wittgenstein, second, I will further explore, with the help of some examples, why he considers this way of philosophising to be unproductive or even misleading.

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"Researchers at Risk Fellowship" - UKRAJINA

Anja Weiberg: Wittgenstein’s critique of the ideal of ‘sublimation’ Organized by the Department of Logic

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Anja Weiberg: Wittgenstein’s critique of the ideal of ‘sublimation’

Organized by the Department of Logic