Papers by Joshua Jin Woon Kim
Many scholars who have studied Ludwig Wittgenstein claim that it is impossible for the philosophy... more Many scholars who have studied Ludwig Wittgenstein claim that it is impossible for the philosophy he expounds in Tractatus Logica-Philosphicus to coexist with religion because he claims that ethical and theological propositions are nonsensical. In his book -Tractatus Logica-Philosphicus", he confines whether language has meaning or not to the propositions of natural science (4.11). 1 He goes on to claim that the propositions of metaphysics such as philosophy, theology, and ethics are nonsense. On top of that, he clearly did not make any confession of faith. He also did not offer a concrete discussion about theology. So it is difficult to relate his philosophy to theology. Nonetheless, his remarks about religion and his life make us come to different conclusions. That is, in a sense his life and philosophy have something to do with the metaphysical world, such as the meaning of life, and the possibility of Christian faith. For example, he says, -I am not a religious man but I cannot help seeing every problem from a religious point of view.‖ 2 And he also says, -To believe in God means to see that life has a meaning‖. 3 All these things hint at the possibility of a relationship between religion and his philosophy, regardless of what his philosophy really means.
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Papers by Joshua Jin Woon Kim