Whether and How the Wittgensteinian Notion of Form of Life Should Matter to Us

European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy 16 (2) (2024)
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This slim volume by Anna Boncompagni (part of the Cambridge University Press “Elements” series) is certainly (and primarily) a very useful tool for anyone, scholar or student, who wants to engage with the Wittgensteinian notion of form (or forms) of life and the ways in which it has been understood and interpreted over the decades. Here I would like to propose some thoughts that were stimulated by reading Anna’s book, without trying to give them an orderly or even systematic form. They are li...

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Luigi Perissinotto
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