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Wittgenstein

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Wittgenstein Tests Mr. Justice Holmes: On Holmes's Proposal To Separate Legal Concepts From Moral Concepts, Thomas D. Eisele Jan 2010

Wittgenstein Tests Mr. Justice Holmes: On Holmes's Proposal To Separate Legal Concepts From Moral Concepts, Thomas D. Eisele

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"Our Real Need": Not Explanation, But Education, Thomas D. Eisele Jan 1990

"Our Real Need": Not Explanation, But Education, Thomas D. Eisele

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Wittgenstein wrote nothing on legal theory or law, so there is no obvious textual basis on which to draw possible connections between Wittgenstein and legal theory. And Wittgenstein abhorred theorizing in philosophy. So the odds are slim that Wittgenstein would have accommodated himself or his work to similar activity in the law. Where does this leave us?

At sea, which is where we normally are in life and, thus, where Wittgenstein wants us to recognize ourselves as being when doing philosophy too. But theory can disguise this fact from us, as it also can make us think that we have …


Must Virtue Be Taught?, Thomas D. Eisele Jan 1987

Must Virtue Be Taught?, Thomas D. Eisele

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