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Frontiers of Philosophy in China

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Front. Philos. China    2021, Vol. 16 Issue (1) : 6-25    https://doi.org/10.3868/s030-010-021-0002-5
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The Chinese Understanding of Wittgenstein’s Mysticism in the Tractatus
JIANG Yi()
School of Philosophy and Sociology, and Research Center for the Philosophy of Science and Technology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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Abstract

Wittgenstein’s mysticism has been one of the focuses of critics and commentators of Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. Two prevailing readings hold different attitudes towards it. The classical reading commits to the mysticism in the Tractatus, while the therapeutic reading rejects it amid its interpretation of Wittgenstein’s later philosophy. In this paper, I will argue against both by discussing how the Chinese reading understands the Tractatus. I will show that the ineffable in the Tractatus is not any type of mysticism, and that the Chinese reading of the Tractatus is a metaphysical one without any mysticism.

Keywords Tractatus       classic reading      therapeutic reading      Chinese reading      mysticism      Wittgenstein      Zhang Shenfu     
Issue Date: 15 April 2021
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JIANG Yi. The Chinese Understanding of Wittgenstein’s Mysticism in the Tractatus [J]. Front. Philos. China, 2021, 16(1): 6-25.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/fpc/EN/10.3868/s030-010-021-0002-5
https://academic.hep.com.cn/fpc/EN/Y2021/V16/I1/6
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