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Book/Printed Material Cultures : conflict, analysis, dialogue : proceedings of the 29. International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria 2006 Twenty-ninth International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium / 29. International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium

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Title

  • Cultures : conflict, analysis, dialogue : proceedings of the 29. International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria 2006

Other Title

  • Twenty-ninth International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium
  • 29. International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium

Summary

  • What can systematic philosophy contribute to come from conflict between cultures to a substantial dialogue? - This question was the general theme of the 29th international symposium of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society in Kirchberg. Worldwide leading philosophers accepted the invitation to come to the conference, whose results are published in this volume, edited by Christian Kanzian Edmund Runggaldier. The sections are dedicated to the philosophy of Wittgenstein, Logics and Philosophy of Language, Decision- and Action Theory, Ethical Aspects of the Intercultural Dialogue, Intercultural.

Names

  • International Wittgenstein Symposium 2006 : Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria)
  • Kanzian, Christian, 1963- editor.
  • Runggaldier, Edmund, editor.

Created / Published

  • [Place of publication not identified] : De Gruyter, 2013.

Contents

  • Preface / Christian Kanzian -- Wittgenstein and the Linguistic Turn / RICHARD RORTY -- Chapter 1. Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein on Colors and Internal Relations, 1930-1932 / ANDREAS BLANK -- Lebensform as a Wittgensteinian Way of Understanding Culture / ALEKSANDRA DERRA -- Wittgenstein''s Ethnological Approach to Philosophy / CHRISTOPH DURT -- Cultural Dialogue and Human Solidarity: The Rorty--Habermas-Debate Revisited in the Light of Wittgenstein's Philosophy / BORIS GUBMAN --
  • Chapter 4. Intercultural Philosophy. Tolerance and Truth in Intercultural Dialogue: Some Reflections / ELISABETH MEILHAMMER -- Disagreement and Misunderstanding Across Cultures / HANS ROTT -- Clash of Civilizations? An Evolution-Theoretic and Empirical Investigation of Huntington's Theses / GERHARD SCHURZ -- Chinese Language, Chinese Mind? / CHRISTIAN HELMUT WENZEL -- Anlass, Begriff und Aufgabe interkultureller Philosophie / FRANZ MARTIN WIMMER -- Intercultural Polylogues in Philosophy / FRANZ M. WIMMER -- Chapter 5. (Social)-Ethnical Aspects of the Intercultural Dialogue. Inner/intercultural Dialog and Long-Range Ethics / KRZYSZTOF ABRISZEWSKI -- Moral Judgments of Foreign Cultures and Bygone Epochs. A Two-Tier Approach / ARNOLD ECKHART --
  • Human Beings--The Mind and the Body: Wittgensteinian-Aristotelian Reflections / PETER M.S. HACKER --Wittgenstein liest Freud / MATTHIAS KROSS -- Chapter 2. Intercultural Dialogue from the Perspective of Logic and Philosophy of Language. Language in Archaic, Pre-referential Cultures. The Emergence of Dualism / EWA BINCZYK -- Consequence Theory of Truth. Reflections on Certainty and Conflict / BERNHARD POERKSEN -- Truth and Dialogue / KWASI WIREDU -- Chapter 3. Theory of Action and Theory of Decision Making. Three Fallacies about Action / JOHN HYMAN -- Knowledge and Abilities in Action / JENNIFER HORNSBY --
  • Roots of Recognition--Cultural Identity and the Ethos of Hermeneutic Dialogue / HANS-HERBERT K OGLER -- World-Views Clashing? The Possibilities of Dialogue / PATRICK RIORDAN -- Documentality--Or Why Nothing Social Exists Beyond the Text / MAURIZIO FERRARIS -- On Place and Space:The Ontology of the Eruv / BARRY SMITH -- On Power, Conventions, and the Varieties of Normativity / LEO ZAIBERT, WISCONSIN.
  • Social Action, Collective Responsibility, and the Difficulties of Social Decision Making / MICHAEL KOBER -- Folk Psychology and Proverb Knowledge as Common Knowledge in Decision-Making / MARION LEDWIG -- Agents in Discord. On Preference Aggregation under Uncertainty / ULRICH METSCHL -- Beratung und Entscheidung im Kontextkollektiven Ausagierens / ALICE PECHRIGGL -- Die Rolle gemeinsamer Urteilef ur das freie Handeln / PIRMIN STEKELER-WEITHOFER, LEIPZIG --

Headings

  • -  Wittgenstein, Ludwig,--1889-1951
  • -  Act (Philosophy)--Congresses
  • -  Cultural relations--Congresses
  • -  Culture conflict--Congresses
  • -  Culture--Philosophy--Congresses
  • -  Decision making--Congresses
  • -  Intercultural communication--Congresses
  • -  Analysis
  • -  Cultures
  • -  Ludwig Wittgenstein

Notes

  • -  Originally published: Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2007.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references.
  • -  25 English, 4 German contributions.
  • -  Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter WWW site, viewed June 24, 2020).

Medium

  • 1 online resource (431 pages) : color illustrations, maps.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HM1121

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020394814

OCLC Number

  • n652278175

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International Wittgenstein Symposium 2006: Kirchberg Am Wechsel, Austria), and Christian Kanzian. Cultures: conflict, analysis, dialogue: proceedings of the 29. International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria. editeds by Runggaldier, Edmund [Place of publication not identified: De Gruyter, 2013] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020394814/.

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International Wittgenstein Symposium 2006: Kirchberg Am Wechsel, A. & Kanzian, C., Runggaldier, E., ed. (2013) Cultures: conflict, analysis, dialogue: proceedings of the 29. International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria. [Place of publication not identified: De Gruyter] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020394814/.

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International Wittgenstein Symposium 2006: Kirchberg Am Wechsel, Austria), and Christian Kanzian. Cultures: conflict, analysis, dialogue: proceedings of the 29. International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria. ed by Runggaldier, Edmund [Place of publication not identified: De Gruyter, 2013] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020394814/>.