Early Wittgenstein’ s View on Goodness, Happiness, and Acceptance of the World

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Journal: Journal of Philosophical Investigations in Scopus Year:2019 | Volume:13 | Issue:27 Page(s): 293-314

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Early Wittgenstein’ s View on Goodness, Happiness, and Acceptance of the World

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WittgensteinQ4

Tractatus Logico-PhilosophicusQ4

EthicsQ4

HappinessQ4

Acceptance of the WorldQ4

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Ethics is one of the main concerns of Wittgenstein in his writings from 1916 to the time of publication of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. He explicates the notion of “ good” in terms of “ Happiness” and defines the latter as “ accepting the world as it is. ” Obviously, this reductionistic philosophical program could not get off the ground unless there is a pretty clear conception of the notion of “ acceptance of/being in agreement with the world. ” In this paper, I shall explore two alternative accounts of this concept. According to the first account, which I dub “ the actual world hypothesis, ” Wittgenstein had meant accepting the actual world by the term “ being good. ” The alternative account, “ the substance of the world hypothesis, ” suggests accepting the substance of the world as the best reading of the Tractatus. Morris and Graver have endorsed the actual world hypothesis, as opposed to the substance of the world hypothesis. In this paper, I try to show that they fail to provide good arguments for the former and against the latter. Additionally, I borrow ideas from McGuinness to illustrate “ accepting the substance of the world” in a way that it avoids Graver’ s objections. I argue that Acceptance of the World ought to be interpreted as “ acceptance of/being in agreement with the fact that the world exists. ” Finally, I shall point out that despite his insight about the Acceptance of the World, McGuinness misrepresents the relation between accepting the actual world and accepting its substance.

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MOSMER, REZA. (2019). Early Wittgenstein’ s View on Goodness, Happiness, and Acceptance of the World. PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATION (JOURNAL OF FACULTY OF LETTERS AND HUMANITIES) (TABRIZ), 13(27 ), 293-314. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/406462/en

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MOSMER REZA. Early Wittgenstein’ s View on Goodness, Happiness, and Acceptance of the World. PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATION (JOURNAL OF FACULTY OF LETTERS AND HUMANITIES) (TABRIZ)[Internet]. 2019;13(27 ):293-314. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/406462/en

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REZA MOSMER, “Early Wittgenstein’ s View on Goodness, Happiness, and Acceptance of the World,” PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATION (JOURNAL OF FACULTY OF LETTERS AND HUMANITIES) (TABRIZ), vol. 13, no. 27 , pp. 293–314, 2019, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/406462/en

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