John Preston 
Wittgenstein and Reason 

This volume discusses Wittgenstein’s work, as well as his
oeuvre in general, and its implications for the nature of reason.

* Investigates the nature of reason which has always been a topic
at the very heart of Western philosophy

* Analyses how Wittgenstein raised crucial questions about the
subject – most notably in his critique of Frazer’s Golden
Bough, his discussions of various philosophical aspects of
religion, and the famous ‚rule-following
considerations‘ from his Philosophical
Investigations

* Contributors include prominent Wittgenstein scholars from the
UK and continental Europe including Hanjo Glock, Genia
Schönbaumsfeld, Severin Schroeder Joachim Schulte and Crispin
Wright

* Contains a translation of an important paper by the French
Wittgenstein scholar Jacques Bouveresse, alongside six new papers
by other contributors

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii

1 Wittgenstein’s Critique of Frazer 1

Jacques Bouveresse

2 Relativism, Commensurability and Translatability 21

Hans-Johann Glock

3 ‚Back to the Rough Ground!‘ Wittgensteinian
Reflections on Rationality and Reason 47

Jane Heal

4 Worlds or Words Apart? Wittgenstein on Understanding Religious
Language 65

Genia Schönbaumsfeld

5 The Tightrope Walker 85

Severin Schroeder

6 Rules and Reason 107

Joachim Schulte

7 Rule-Following without Reasons: Wittgenstein’s Quietism
and the Constitutive Question 123

Crispin Wright

Index 145

Über den Autor

John Preston is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Reading.