On Being in the World (Routledge Revivals)

Taylor & Francis

On Being in the World (Routledge Revivals)Wittgenstein and Heidegger on Seeing Aspects\nAuthor(s): Stephen Mulhall\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138024519, 978-1138024519\nSynopsis\nOn Being in the World, first published in 1990, illumines a neglected but important area of Wittgensteins philosophy, revealing its pertinence to the central concerns of contemporary analytic philosophy. The starting point is the idea of continuous aspect perception, which connects Wittgensteins treatment of certain issues relating to aesthetics with fundamental questions in the philosophy of psychology. Professor Mulhall indicates parallels between Wittgensteins interests and Heideggers Being and Time, demonstrating that Wittgensteins investigation of aspect perception is designed to cast light on much more than a bizarre type of visual experience: in reality, it highlights what is distinctively human about our behaviour in relat.