(Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy) 1st Edition
by Michael Beaney (Editor), Brendan Harrington (Editor), Dominic Shaw (Editor)
This volume brings together new
essays that consider Wittgenstein’s treatment of the phenomenon of
aspect perception in relation to the broader idea of conceptual novelty;
that is, the acquisition or creation of new concepts, and the
application of an acquired understanding in unfamiliar or novel
situations. Over the last twenty years, aspect perception has received
increasing philosophical attention, largely related to applying
Wittgenstein’s remarks on the phenomena of seeing-as, found in Part II
of Philosophical Investigations (1953), to issues within
philosophical aesthetics. Seeing-as, however, has come to occupy a
broader conceptual category, particularly in philosophy of mind and
philosophical psychology. The essays in this volume examine the
exegetical issues arising within Wittgenstein studies, while also
considering the broader utility and implications of the phenomenon of
seeing-as in the fields of aesthetics, philosophical psychology, and
philosophy of mathematics, with a thematic focus on questions of novelty
and creativity. The collection constitutes a fruitful interpretative
engagement with the later Wittgenstein, as well as a unique contribution
to considerations of philosophical methodology.
