Shushkevych Y. The Metaphysical Issues in Work of Ludwig Wittgenstein (Historical and Philosophical Analysis)

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Thesis for the degree of Candidate of Sciences (CSc)

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0415U002563

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  • 09.00.05 - Історія філософії

03-06-2015

Specialized Academic Board

К 26.053.13

Essay

The research attempts to analyze metaphysical issues in the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein. Context investigated the formation of philosophical views of Ludwig Wittgenstein, and found that their views have influenced the formation of such thinkers as Seren Kierkegaard, Leo Tolstoy, Arthur Schopenhauer, Bertrand Russell and others. It is shown that understanding the views of Ludwig Wittgenstein as a representative of logical positivism, guides on misconceptions of its relation to metaphysics. It is shown that to understand the metaphysical issues in the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein key distinction is that what we can say about that is clear and that we should remain silent. Position science can be expressed clearly and metaphysics refers to what should be silent. Metaphysical issues presented in the works of Ludwig Wittgenstein such as its moduses: metaphysics naturalis, which is represented as a metaphysics of language, metaphysica generalis, represented ontological issues, and metaphysica specialis, which is presented in the form of the original concept of metaphysical entity related to speculative psychology and philosopher views on understanding and relationship with God that is speculative theology.

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