Wittgenstein on Vaihinger and Frazer

In this paper I demonstrate the connection between the single remark Wittgenstein made explicitly on Hans Vaihinger’s Die Philosophie des als ob and the remarks he made on Sir James George Frazer’s The Golden Bough. After a critical-genetic exposition of the relevant material, I offer an interpretat...

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Main Author: Carlos Alves Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nordic Wittgenstein Society 2015-03-01
Series:Nordic Wittgenstein Review
Online Access:http://www.nordicwittgensteinreview.com/article/view/3274