ABSTRACT

The aim of this book is to consider what reasonably follows from the hypothesis that the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus can be interpreted from a mystical point of view. Atkinson intends to elucidate Wittgenstein’s thoughts on the mystical in his early writings as they pertain to a number of topics such as, God, the meaning of life, reality, the eternal and the solipsistic self.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|14 pages

Self-subsistence and Method

chapter 3|11 pages

Language, Method and Mysticism

chapter 5|9 pages

Two Senses of Showing

chapter 6|10 pages

The Mystical and Showing

chapter 7|8 pages

Time and The Mystical

chapter 8|13 pages

Mysticism and the Problems of Philosophy

chapter 10|15 pages

Metaphysics and the Mystical

chapter 11|14 pages

The Mystical and the Meaning of Life