Cavell and the Quest for a Voice

In this article I focus on Cavell’s theme of finding one’s voice, as it is articulated with reference to the philosophies of language of Wittgenstein and Austin. I start by spelling out Cavell’s Wittgensteinian-Austinian view of culture as the background for his approach to aesthetics and ethics. I...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:9ee3736cca8943c8bceaa4be1ca8e3222021-11-07T13:00:21ZCavell and the Quest for a Voice10.15173/jhap.v9i9.49172159-0303https://doaj.org/article/9ee3736cca8943c8bceaa4be1ca8e3222021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jhaponline.org/jhap/article/view/4917https://doaj.org/toc/2159-0303 In this article I focus on Cavell’s theme of finding one’s voice, as it is articulated with reference to the philosophies of language of Wittgenstein and Austin. I start by spelling out Cavell’s Wittgensteinian-Austinian view of culture as the background for his approach to aesthetics and ethics. I then set out to explore the work done by the theme in aesthetics and ethics around the notion claim. I argue that Cavell’s effort to counter the pull of non-cognitivism in aesthetics and ethics, building on the notion claim, is not only illuminating of his unique way of inheriting the history of analytic philosophy but also gives us a glimpse of where and how Continental and analytic philosophy may again cross paths in the future. Sofia MiguensMULPressarticlePhilosophy (General)B1-5802ENJournal for the History of Analytical Philosophy, Vol 9, Iss 9 (2021)
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Cavell and the Quest for a Voice
description In this article I focus on Cavell’s theme of finding one’s voice, as it is articulated with reference to the philosophies of language of Wittgenstein and Austin. I start by spelling out Cavell’s Wittgensteinian-Austinian view of culture as the background for his approach to aesthetics and ethics. I then set out to explore the work done by the theme in aesthetics and ethics around the notion claim. I argue that Cavell’s effort to counter the pull of non-cognitivism in aesthetics and ethics, building on the notion claim, is not only illuminating of his unique way of inheriting the history of analytic philosophy but also gives us a glimpse of where and how Continental and analytic philosophy may again cross paths in the future.
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