Wittgenstein, Theory and the Arts

'This is an interesting collection ... all the essays are worth reading.' - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 'A carefully structured and finely nuanced investigation of Wittgenstein, theory and the arts ... this anthology is most effective and it's approach most helpful.' - British Journal of Aesthetics 'This collection is well worth reading.' - Lloyd Reinhardt, Literature and Aesthetics 'This is an interesting collection ... all the essays are worth reading.' -Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 'A carefully structured and finely nuanced investigation of Wittgenstein, theory and the arts ... this anthology is most effective and it's approach most helpful.' - British Journal of Aesthetics

Richard Allen is Associate Professor of Cinema Studies at New York University. Malcolm Turvey teachs film history at Sarah Lawrence College in New York State.

Chapter 1 Wittgensteins Later Philosophy, Richard Allen, Malcolm Turvey; Part 1 Wittgenstein, the Humanities and Art; Chapter 2 Wittgenstein and the Autonomy of Humanistic Understanding, P.M.S. Hacker; Chapter 3 Wittgenstein on Language, Art and Humanity, Oswald Hanfling; Chapter 4 Wittgenstein, Performing Art and Action, Graham McFee; Chapter 5 Is Scepticism a Natural Possibility of Language?, Malcolm Turvey; Chapter 6 The Urn and the Chamber Pot, John Hyman; Part 2 Theory and the Arts; Chapter 7 Language and Painting, Border Wars and Pipe Dreams, Ben R. Tilghman; Chapter 8 Cognitive Film Theory, Richard Allen; Chapter 9 The Coded-Message Model of Literature, Severin Schroeder; Chapter 10 Wittgenstein on Consciousness and Language, Charles Altieri; Chapter 11 Wittgenstein, Freud and the Nature of Psychoanalytic Explanation, Louis A. Sass;