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Form & Style in Wittgenstein’s work: An exegetical and philological approach
June 6, 2016 - June 8, 2016
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Cattedra di Filosofia del linguaggio – Philosophy of Language - CISCL
IX Summer School in Mind & Language
San Niccolò Palace - via Roma, 56 – Floor III, room 468 – Siena,
6-8 June 2016
David Stern (Iowa)
Nuno Venturinha (Lisbon)
Luciano Bazzocchi (Siena)
Among the discussants: Giuseppe Varnier
Lessons will be in seminar form
A brief description of the course:
i On the origins of the Tractatus
ii The tree-like structure of the Tractatus
iii The construction and structure of the Tractatus iv Form and reading strategy
iv Form and reading strategy
v From the Tractatus to Philosophical Investigations
vi Wittgenstein's texts and style
vii Examples and exercises
viii Closing round-table
Essential Literature:
L. Bazzocchi, L’albero del Tractatus (Mimesis, Milano, 2010; French translation: L’arbre du Tractatus, King’s College London, 2014)
D. Stern, “Texts and style”, in The Blackwell Companion to Wittgenstein, ed. H. Glock and J. Hyman N. Venturinha,
“A Composite Work of Art “, in The Textual Genesis of Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations, ed. N. Venturinha, Routledge 2013
L. Wittgenstein, The Tractatus According to Its Own Form, L. Bazzocchi ed. (2014)
Schedule: 10:00-13:00 and 15:00-18:00
Attendance is free of charge. The language of the course will be English.
If you want to enter the Summer School please send an e-mail to Prof. Gabriele Usberti (usberti(at)unisi.it) Some useful information about student lodging in Siena can be found at the following sites:
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www.unisi.it/didattica/vivere-unisi/casa
www.dsu.toscana.it/it/alloggi/residenze_universitarie/index.html
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