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Before Freud, the idea of unconscious thoughts and feelings would have seemed a contradiction in terms, but today such ideas have permeated deep into our culture. The games we play with these concepts, however, are far from clear. If I do not know my unconscious thoughts, who does and how do I find out what […]
Who Knows my Unconscious Thoughts? is a post from: Understanding Wittgenstein
Wittgenstein was interested in Freud and thought he had something to say, but he also warned about his approach, indeed, he suggested that it was a way of thinking that needed to be combatted. So what was it that he didn’t like? One thing Wittgenstein disliked is the presentation of psycho-analysis as a science. Wittgenstein […]
What Wittgenstein disliked in Freud is a post from: Understanding Wittgenstein
Wittgenstein has fascinated me since I first came across him at university. His writings were very different from other philosophers, and his later philosophy seemed to me to sort things out so comprehensively that I gave up philosophy and never pursued an academic career. Now I am coming back to Wittgenstein with different eyes and […]
Why Wittgenstein? is a post from: Understanding Wittgenstein
On Certainty is the first Wittgenstein text I read cover to cover – in fact, I seem to remember reading it twice feverishly over one weekend. It’s more a collection of notes than a worked-up text and it is slightly infuriating – you keep thinking he has got the issue sorted and then he starts […]
Struggling for Certainty is a post from: Understanding Wittgenstein
Wittgenstein’s philosophy (or rather both of them – that contained in the Tractatus and that contained in his later writings) is unusual in that it does not set out to give answers to any of the great philosophical questions that drive most people to philosophy (including perhaps even Wittgenstein himself). ”So what?”, you might say. […]
What did Wittgenstein want from philosophy? is a post from: Understanding Wittgenstein
Have you ever had the feeling that someone was watching you? It’s a feeling that many people talk about and it is seen as as a somewhat strange feeling, since it seems a bit uncanny that somehow we can sense that someone is looking at us. I would imagine that researchers have done experiments to […]
The Strange Feeling of Being Watched is a post from: Understanding Wittgenstein
Pride Week Sat 9 – Sun 17 July, is a cultural festival showcasing the best international LGBT performers and artists, and celebrating the best creative talent from the South West. The first Pride Week in 2010 proved a huge success, featuring sell-out events across the top venues in Bristol, attracting crowds of 20,000 and finishing […]
Pride Week In Bristol 2011 is a post from: Global-Travels England
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