[Wittrs] Free Will and Wittgenstein
- From: John Phillip DeMouy <jpdemouy@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 12:51:50 -0400
The idea that it is properly "Wittgensteinian" to assume a dismissive
attitude toward discussions of "free will" and related topics, to treat
these issues as having no relevance to anyone, is belied by
Wittgenstein's own reflections of the issues of predestination and
Calvinism as recorded in Culture & Value. He believed these issues
could have great importance in an individual's life and upbringing.
Contrast with the discussion of "Battle-cries" of idealists and Realists
as recorded in Zettel, in which the upbringing of a child raised by
parents with one or the other view is shown to make little difference.
I'm just sayin'...
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