tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post4447123889453541994..comments2024-03-22T06:22:08.010+00:00Comments on Stephen Law: "In Wittgenstein, I discovered a voice that advised me not to be endlessly detained these questions"Stephen Lawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02167317543994731177noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-50133377485401280802010-02-13T12:58:04.778+00:002010-02-13T12:58:04.778+00:00I did find the last comment on the article very am...I did find the last comment on the article very amusing.<br /><br />"'But I could not give myself over to belief: too many philosophical problems blocked my path, too many questions about what sort of ontological commitment was being made by claims to God's existence. In Wittgenstein, I discovered a voice that advised me not to be endlessly detained these questions.'<br /><br />In other words, ignore the fact that it's blatant nonsense and believe it anyway. It's more important to believe there's a plesiosaur in the loch than to actually find one (and you know, in many ways I think there is a plesiosaur in there- a plesiosaur of the mind and the spirit. Obviously not a big, bearded plesiosaur in the sky who can send us to heaven or hell... hang on, that can't be right, I've got that mixed up somewhere. Give me a minute... )"pikeamus Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13645886532362427437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-5917482945344402542010-02-12T07:08:16.544+00:002010-02-12T07:08:16.544+00:00If one takes religion as a psychological experienc...If one takes religion as a psychological experience rather than an epistemological methodology for understanding the world, then Wittgenstein's use of the term, therapy, actually makes sense.<br /><br />Regards, Paul.Paul P. Mealinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14573615711151742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-49332599917041263792010-02-11T22:10:37.965+00:002010-02-11T22:10:37.965+00:00Disclaimer: I haven't actually read Philosophi...Disclaimer: I haven't actually read Philosophical Investigations. I've read books on it (e.g. Ayer's) and I've picked it up in bookshops and flicked through it but never actually tackled it.<br /><br />So I may be mis(non)reading Wittgenstein but isn't there a trap that Fraser, "in very real sense", falls into?<br /><br />Doesn't the idea of religion as a different language game mean, well, that it's a <i>different</i> language game? It's not a declarative language game, a critical language game or a problem solving language game?<br /><br />The idea that we befuddle ourselves with our language and need philosophical therapy to get out of the mess is fine. But wouldn't religion-taken-as-an-actual-description of the world be such a mess that we need to sort out?Tony Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740295390214409286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-40131552589378334192010-02-11T17:21:17.671+00:002010-02-11T17:21:17.671+00:00I left a comment on his part 2 - to the effect tha...I left a comment on his part 2 - to the effect that he was making Wittgenstein seem too close to the Vienna Circle - but overall it seemed a straightforward exposition to me. For more on why I love Wittgenstein go <a href="http://faith-theology.blogspot.com/2006/07/for-love-of-god-26-why-i-love.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Sam Charles Nortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088870675715850624noreply@blogger.com