| Word, Words, and World: How a Wittgensteinian Perspective on Metaphor-Making Reveals the Theo-logic of Reality Contributor(s): Francis, James M. M. (Other), Patterson, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 3034302304 ISBN-13: 9783034302302 Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis OUR PRICE: $77.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Metaphysics - Psychology - Religion | Philosophy |
| Dewey: 808 |
| Series: Religions and Discourse |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.80 lbs) 260 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The question this book aims to address is: how do we take on board post-modern insights regarding the relationship between language and world without losing our grip on theological truth? Employing the linguistic philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein as 'philosophical hand-maid' (as opposed to 'metaphysical gate-keeper', which has tended to be the case), it subjects to critique both traditional realist and post-modern constructivist perspectives as it examines how the nature and role of metaphor-making at the creative edge of language casts light on the God-language-world relationship. It concludes that a Wittgensteinian understanding of the relationship between language and world is not only compatible with a 'theistic-realist' doctrine of God but that the shape of this doctrine is inescapably Trinitarian. |