Papers by Severin Schroeder
Language, Truth & Democracy, ed.: M.Gaffal, 2020
This paper offers a brief sketch of the normativity of linguistic meaning and then considers the ... more This paper offers a brief sketch of the normativity of linguistic meaning and then considers the opposing view of semantic anti-normativism as defended by Glüer & Wickforss. The author distinguishes between three different types of obligation (moral obligation, socially enforced obligation, and freely adopted obligation) and argues that Glüer & Wickforss's position is based on a misconstrual of semantic normativity as a source of something like moral obligation, when in fact it produces only obligation of the third type.
The Oxford Handbook of Schopenhauer, ed.: RL Wicks, 2020
Estetika: The European Journal of Aesthetics , 2020
In this paper I offer a genetic account of how Wittgenstein developed his ideas on aesthetics in ... more In this paper I offer a genetic account of how Wittgenstein developed his ideas on aesthetics in his 1933 lectures. He argued that the word ‘beautiful’ is neither the name of a particular perceptible quality, nor the name of whatever produces a certain psychological effect, and unlike ‘good’, it does not stand for a family-resemblance concept either. Rather, the word ‘beautiful’ has different meanings in different contexts as we apply it according to different criteria. However, in more advanced regions of aesthetics the word ‘beautiful’ ceases to play an important role. Instead, we judge things to be more or less correct according to genre-specific standards or criteria, which in an aesthetic discussion are presupposed, rather than argued for. Finally, Wittgenstein came to realise that providing support for an aesthetic appraisal according to some given criteria is not the only and perhaps not even the main focus of aesthetic discussion. More interesting to him became the idea of a puzzle or perplexity in aesthetics, which he discussed in greater detail in his 1938 lectures.
Logical Analysis & History of Philosophy, 2020
A Companion to Wittgenstein (eds: H.Glock & J. Hyman), 2017
A Companion to Wittgenstein (eds: Glock & Hyman), 2017
REVISTA DE HISTORIOGRAFÍA (RevHisto)
Revista de Historiografia 32 (XVI), 2019
(with Harry Tomany) in: D.Makovec & S. Shapiro (eds), Friedrich Waismann: The Open Texture of Analytic Philosophy, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019
in: C.Carmona & J. Levinson (eds), Aesthetics, Literature and Life: Essays in Honor of Jean-Pierre Cometti, Mimesis, 2019
in: G. Schumann (ed.), Explanation in Action Theory and Historiography: Causal and Teleological Approaches, Routledge, 2019
Revisiting the Wittgenstein/Davidson debate on whether reason explanations are a type of causal e... more Revisiting the Wittgenstein/Davidson debate on whether reason explanations are a type of causal explanations, and considering in particular John Hyman’s recent reassessment and attempt to defend a causalist account of desires (2015), I argue for the following claims. First, the deviant-causal-connection problem remains an insurmountable objection to causalism. Secondly, using words in their ordinary senses, intentions are not desires, nor are desires dispositions; but more importantly (granting for argument’s sake that intentions are desires of sorts, and desires are dispositions of sorts), dispositions are neither causes nor ‘causal factors’. Finally, Hyman’s reassessment of the debate leaves out what is most crucial in Wittgenstein’s view, namely the observation that statements of one’s own reasons for acting are covered by first-person authority.
in: J.P. Galvez & M Gaffal (eds), Human Understanding as a Problem, De Gruyter, 2019
Gott, wenn er in unsre Seelen geblickt hätte, hätte dort nicht sehen können, von wem wir sprachen... more Gott, wenn er in unsre Seelen geblickt hätte, hätte dort nicht sehen können, von wem wir sprachen. If God had looked into our minds he would not have been able to see there whom we were speaking of. [PPF §284] Wenn ein Löwe sprechen könnte, wir könnten ihn nicht verstehen. If a lion could talk we wouldn't be able to understand it. [PPF §327] Es ist für unsre Betrachtung wichtig, daß es Menschen gibt, von denen jemand fühlt, er werde nie wissen, was in ihnen vorgeht. Er werde sie nie verstehen. (Engländerinnen für Europäer.)
in: A.Kind (ed.), Philosophy of Mind in the 20th & 21st Centuries, Routldege, 2019
in: J. Bromand (ed.), Wittgenstein und die Philosophie der Mathematik, Mentis, 2018
Belgrade Philosophical Annual, 30; pp.83-98, 2017
According to Wittgenstein, mathematical propositions are rules of grammar, that is, conventions, ... more According to Wittgenstein, mathematical propositions are rules of grammar, that is, conventions, or implications of conventions. So his position can be regarded as a form of conventionalism. However, mathematical conventionalism is widely thought to be untenable due to objections presented by Quine, Dummett and Crispin Wright. It has also been argued that only an implausibly radical form of conventionalism could withstand the critical implications of Wittgenstein's rule-following considerations. In this article I discuss those objections to conventionalism and argue that none of them is convincing.
in: J. Beale & I.J. Kidd (eds), Wittgenstein on Scientism, Routledge, 2017
in: Thomas Eder (Hg.), Franz Josef Czernin, edition text + kritik, 2017
in: J.Padilla Galvez & M. Gaffal (eds), Intentionality and Action, De Gruyter, 2017
in : Action, Decision-Making and Forms of Life, ed.: J. Padilla Gálvez, Berlin: de Gruyter, 2016
in Nikola Kompa (ed.), Handbuch Sprachphilosophie, Metzler, Stuttgart., 2015
XHUB Print-Workflow | Metzler Verlag -Fr. Wachsmann | Autor -Handbuch Titel | 10.06.2015 dass B-T... more XHUB Print-Workflow | Metzler Verlag -Fr. Wachsmann | Autor -Handbuch Titel | 10.06.2015 dass B-Theorien einen zentralen Platz in der Sprachphilosophie einnehmen sollten, auch heute noch Vertreter, und der Versuch, die genaue Rolle von W-Theorien im Rahmen von B-Theorien zu spezifizieren ist nach wie vor Gegenstand von aktuellen Forschungsbeiträgen.
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