The philosophy of psychology and the "new method" philosophical in the late writings of Wittgenstein

a practicaland necessary relationship

Authors

  • Goberto Ferreira Souza Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3173.2020.v43esp.14.p177

Keywords:

Philosophy, Wittgenstein, Philosophy of Psychology, Method

Abstract

The main purpose of this article is to present the themes of the “new method” philosophical and the “philosophy of psychology” in Ludwig Wittgenstein's late writings as practical and necessarily related. For the proposed, our expository strategy follows the following order: we analyze the relatively unreasonable philosophical presuppositions that determine the young Ludwig’s view of the “correct method of philosophy” and of “philosophy of psychology”; we interpret the philosophical turn of 1929 as committed to presenting the still-informed face of the “new method” and to critically revisiting the TLP targets under this new methodological perspective; and we consider Wittgenstein’s philosophy of psychology inserted in a different perspective from the perspective of the psychological science of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century based on empirical investigations. These observations are properly a practice of the “new method” of perspicuous presentation and are characterized as a key and necessary aspect, a filter, for the understanding of the philosopher’s observations about psychology, and his goal in dissolving the metaphysical problems there gifts.

Author Biography

  • Goberto Ferreira Souza, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná

    Doutor em Filosofia da Linguagem pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Possui experiência docente no Ensino Médio, Técnico e Superior, nas áreas de Filosofia, Ética, Ciências Sociais e Metodologia do Trabalho Científico. Atualmente, desenvolve dois projetos de pesquisa: um que se ocupa com a concepção de “novo método” filosófico nos trabalhos tardios de Wittgenstein e sua aplicação aos conceitos psicológicos, e outro que investiga e relaciona o pensamento de Wittgenstein com aspectos atuais da Bioética. 

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Recebido: 14/01/2019 - Aceito: 30/6/2019

Published

2020-10-09 — Updated on 2022-07-18

How to Cite

The philosophy of psychology and the "new method" philosophical in the late writings of Wittgenstein: a practicaland necessary relationship. (2022). Trans/Form/Ação, 43(Special Issue), 177-200. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3173.2020.v43esp.14.p177