Wednesday 23 August 2023

Wittgenstein and the Cognitive Science of Religion

A sample of Wittgenstein and the Cognitive Science of Religion: Interpreting Human Nature and the Mind is available here


 

Tuesday 14 March 2023

 A symposium discussing Robert Vinten's book Wittgenstein and the Social Sciences (Anthem Press, 2020) has been published in the journal Cosmos + Taxis. The symposium was edited by Richard Eldridge and contains contributions from Paul Roth, Daniel Little, Rupert Read, Rafael Azize, and Richard Raatzsch - as well as a response from Robert Vinten. There are some great discussions of Wittgenstein's relevance to the social sciences as well as his relevance to social and political philosophy. Rafael Azize compares Wittgenstein's philosophy to art and Richard Raatzsch compares Wittgenstein to Brecht. All of the papers can be found, Open Access, here


 

Wednesday 10 August 2022

Tuesday 7 September 2021

Wittgenstein, Guilt and Western Buddhism

Article 'Wittgenstein, Guilt and Western Buddhism' in the journal Contemporary Buddhism is available here


 

Monday 12 July 2021

Marx and Wittgenstein on Religion

Chapter by Robert Vinten - 'Marx and Wittgenstein on Religion' in the book Wittgenstein and Marx. Marx and Wittgenstein (edited by Fabio Sulpizio, Gabriele Schimmenti, and Moira De Iaco, Peter Lang, 2021)


Wittgenstein and Marx. Marx and Wittgenstein available here