Wittgenstein

Wittgenstein and Kierkegaard

Religion, Individuality and Philosophical Method

Charles L. Creegan

First published in 1989 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 HTML release January, 1997 by the author © 1989, 1997 Charles L. Creegan Any integral part of this work may be distributed freely so long as the citation header remains intact. Original British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Creegan, Charles L. 1959- Wittgenstein and Kierkegaard: religion, individuality and philosophical method. 1. English philosophy. Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951 2. Danish philosophy. Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855 1. Title 192 ISBN 0-415-00066-1 Original Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Creegan, Charles L., 1959- Wittgenstein and Kierkegaard : religion, individuality, and philosophical method / Charles L. Creegan. P. cm. Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-415-00066-1 1. Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951-Contributions in methodology. 2. Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951-Religion. 3. Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951-Contributions in individuality. 4. Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855-Influence. 5. Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855- Contribution in methodology. 6. Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855- Contribution in individuality. 7. Religion-Philosophy. 8. Methodology. 9. Individuality. 1. Title. B3376.W564C74 1989 192-dc19

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CONTENTS

Introduction	1
1 RELEVANT BIOGRAPHY	8
2 METHODOLOGY	30
3 PROBLEMS OF INTERPRETATION	52
4 IMPLICATIONS FOR RELIGION	73
5 ECHOES AND REPERCUSSIONS	97
6 NOW I CAN GO ON!	119
Notes	124
Bibliography	143
Index	152