Wittgenstein - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

This document is a summary of all the articles for the course Interpretation of Cultural Expressions, year 1 of Online Culture at Tilburg University including a conceptual toolbox at the final page

On the positivist's argument for logical behaviorism, as explained by Kim, only behavioral and physical phenomena are publically observable, and the meaning of a sentence must be publically observable. Therefore, the meaning of any sentence about the mind must be the behavioral and physical conditions which must hold if it is true. Which of the following is an important premise that this argument depends upon? The verifiability criterion of meaning. The veritability theory of norms. The ine...

If God is dead, Ivan Karamazov insists, everything is permitted An invention of the late 1800s: the light bulb The problem of normativity concerns the gap between is and ought Nietzsche wants science to become more playful Dostoevsky: the vision of the anointed inevitably leads to narcissism A two-level theory includes a deep level that ____ what happens at the surface level. determines and explains Doyle's vision is tragic in that Sherlock Holmes has to mak...

All weekly reading questions with clear answers including all keywords, concepts, and examples in some cases. This includes; Logical Empiricism, Critical Rationalism, Hermeneutics, Practice Turn, Kuhn, Foucault, Hegel, Gadamer, Dilthey, Critical Theory, Benjamin, Adorno, Leezenberg, Wittgenstein, Austin, Butler, Keller... Reading questions from 2022

This 2 page document provides a summary of Wittgenstein's view of religious language, with criticisms along the way. What's inside: - Wittgenstein's picture theory - logical positivism with strengths and weaknesses - The vagueness of words - Wittgenstein's criticism of logical positivism - D.Z Phillips' view

A concise overview of all seven lectures, with all thinkers and concepts included. For some thinkers a little more information with citations included. Please note that Bruno Latour and Spiegel are missing from the summary, but everything else is included.

STS Final Exam Updated 2023 with complete solution what effect do metaphors have on the complex questions we're discussing? metaphors further mystify the question at hand how are world wars a combination of past fighting techniques and the future world? both horseback and machine guns were used does Winner advocate for a more inclusive definition of progress? yes who is to blame for the "outsourcing pineapples" issue? society what is the most likely explanation for the Dunbar numbe...

Exam Practice: Answers Section 1: The Metaphysics of God Page viii: Three-mark questions Question 1 Answers might include some of the following points: • ‘God is supremely good’ can be taken to refer to the theological claim that, according to religious texts within monotheistic religions, God is all loving and omnibenevolent. • ‘God is supremelygood’ could also mean that God is perfect. In this sense – emphasised by Aquinas working within an Aristotelian tradition – God ...

STS Final Exam Updated 2023 with complete solution what effect do metaphors have on the complex questions we're discussing? metaphors further mystify the question at hand how are world wars a combination of past fighting techniques and the future world? both horseback and machine guns were used does Winner advocate for a more inclusive definition of progress? yes who is to blame for the "outsourcing pineapples" issue? society what is the most likely explanation for the Dunbar numbe...

The 3 levels of ethical rules are Laws Ethics Standard of Care Five principles of ethical practice Fidelity - keep promises & loyalty Justice - fairness Autonomy - clients make own decisions Beneficience - actively benefit clients NonMaleficence - avoid harm to clients or others The Bateson group of systems theory were (5) Bateson, Jackson, Haley, Fry & Weakland He was highly influential on brief and solution focused therapies Milton Erickson Fleshed out second-order cybernetics ...