“I would now like to live with somebody.
To see a human face in the morning.” —— Ludwig Wittgenstein (Ms 118, 16.8.37) |
The ongoing global Covid-19 pandemic has caused several crises both personal and collective. Those of us who have not lost someone have experienced the disruption of our every day life nevertheless. The situation of social distancing and heavily restricted public life as well as the uncertainty regarding the appropriateness of actions and our immediate future is worth being reflected on philosophically. The work of the Austrian-British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein includes the issues of loneliness, isolation and privateness as well as of intersubjectivity and the limits of science.
The aim of this workshop is to bring together Wittgenstein scholars to discuss aspects of the present situation from the perspective of Wittgenstein’s philosophy. We invite contributions to all aspects of Wittgenstein’s work that are prompted by the current crisis. |
Topics
Especially encouraged (though by no means limited to these) are contributions to the following topics:
1. Certainty and Normality
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2. Intersubjectivity in Facing a Crisis
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3. Forms of Life
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4. Science versus Ethics
/ Problems of Science and Problems of Life
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Organizers
We are 5 Wittgenstein researchers from different universities in Japan, China and Germany. While physically isolating ourselves, we feel even more eager to communicate our thoughts with others, and we think many researchers might feel the same way. So we organised this virtual event by ourselves and hope that Wittgenstein’s philosophy can help us shorten the psychological distance between people.
Wei Zeng (Nagoya, Japan)
Danka Radjenović (Landau, Germany) Haiqiang Dai (Beijing, China) Saori Makino (Chiba, Japan) David Palme (Erfurt, Germany) |