Word, Words, and World: How a Wittgensteinian Perspective on Metaphor-Making Reveals the Theo-Logic of Reality |
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| Author:
| Patterson, Sue |
| Series title: | Religions and Discourse Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-299-99195-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | Appetite by Random House
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| Imprint: | Appetite by Random House |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $64.95 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionThe 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."