Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications

External reference: https://openalex.org/T12558

  1. Feminist logic may favor bilateralist strong negation
    Feminist critique of inferentialism showing how formal logic systems embed political hierarchies and proposing paraconsistent alternatives that address these concerns.
  2. Metaphysics Reimagined
    Analysis of metaphysics' loss of credibility and pathways for renewal through methodological integration of introspection, evolutionary evidence, and testable inquiry.
  3. Tolstoy’s ethics influenced Wittgenstein’s views on conscience
    Explore how Leo Tolstoy's ethical philosophy shaped Ludwig Wittgenstein's intellectual development during World War I, revealing deep conceptual convergences between these thinkers across distinct.
  4. Wittgenstein’s anti-scientism is argued to support naturalism
    Philosophical analysis of how Wittgenstein's anti-scientistic approach permits a naturalistic philosophy of religion without supernaturalism.
  5. "Did He Love?"
    Wittgenstein-informed analysis of how the indeterminacy of psychological concepts like love affects certainty in understanding others' minds and ethical attitudes toward shared life.
  6. Wittgenstein links religion to ordinary language use
    Analysis of Wittgenstein's philosophy showing how religious language functions within ordinary language-games and everyday forms of life rather than transcending everyday discourse.
  7. Poetry and philosophy overlap in several ways
    Examination of how poetry and philosophy intersect, overlap, and complicate each other's intellectual practices without collapsing into unified disciplines.
  8. Reinachian internalism is defended against externalism
    Philosophical analysis defending Reinach's internalism about speech acts, arguing that speech-act performance does not require addressee uptake for its existence.
  9. Pragmatism is presented as a way to bridge qualitative and quantitative methods
    Pragmatism as philosophical framework for integrating qualitative-quantitative methods in medical education research, transcending rigid paradigmatic dualism.
  10. Logic’s neutrality is framed as theory closure
    Interprets logic's neutrality through theory closure within a metalinguistic framework distinguishing validity from truth, connecting theory construction with logical structure.
  11. Wittgenstein is presented as a methodological naturalist
    Explore Wittgensteinian methodological naturalism as a metaphilosophical constraint on philosophy independent of metaphysical commitments, distinguishing it from ontological positions.
  12. Plasticity is examined as a boundary concept in biology
    Explore plasticity as a boundary concept in biology, tracing its evolution from Aristotelian philosophy to modern science and examining its theoretical roles in contemporary biological research.
  13. Brooks links joyful work to tractability and testability
    Analysis of Fred Brooks's concepts of tractability and testability in software development, extended to understanding joyful work through Christian vocational theology and anthropology.
  14. Normativity shapes description and interpretation
    Explore how normative frameworks and description are interdependent in human understanding. This philosophical analysis challenges the is-ought distinction and reframes ethical conflict resolution.
  15. Seminar series and workshop on the history of logic
    Explore the Seminar Series on the History of Logic at Federico II University of Naples, established in 2024. An ongoing institutional initiative examining historical and contemporary developments.