Wittgenstein’s Ethic of Perspicuity and the Philosophy of Religion

What is it about?

Chapter 7: “Wittgenstein's Ethic of Perspicuity and Philosophy of Religion” considers the import of the perspicuity reading of Wittgenstein for contemporary philosophy of religion. In this chapter, I will survey Stephen Mulhall’s therapeutic reading of Wittgenstein, D. Z. Phillips’ conception of contemplative philosophy, and John Clayton’s ideal of clarification of defensible differences. I also explore H. H. Price’s early criticisms of analytic philosophy, that philosophers have duties to their students and to the public that go beyond the mere analysis of concepts. Bringing together Price and Wittgenstein, I explore the role perspicuous philosophy of religion could play at a time in global history characterized by unprecedented contact across cultures and between peoples and in which traditionalist religious movements appear to be on the rise.

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