WPTC #5 - Horwich: Wittgenstein on Religion

Wittgenstein's Philosophy in Times of Crisis (Online-Workshop)
Session 5: Paul Horwich and Hiroshi Ohtani

Paul Horwich talks about Wittgenstein's metaphilosophy and his perspective on religion, follwed by a comment by Hiroshi Ohtani. The discussion is not included.
More information, abstracts and the slides of both presentations can be found on our website!

00:00:00-00:02:37 Introduction of Workshop and Speakers
00:02:37-01:24:57 Main Talk by Paul Horwich
01:25:26-01:35:51 Comment by Hiroshi Ohtani
01:35:52-01:49:25 Response by Paul Horwich

About the Online-Workshop:
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.

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I remember Paul when he was a visiting professor at UCLA, late 1970s. I took his philosophy of science class, and I had him autograph my copy of the textbook he used in his course. He always showed up in class with a cup of coffee and a pack of his Dunhill cigarettes. He was brilliant but also gracious.