Biography and theory reconsidered: second Wittgensteinian thoughts
New Formations - ISSN 0950-2378
Volume 2009 Number 67
Biography and theory reconsidered: second Wittgensteinian thoughts
Ray Monk pages -
Abstract
This article offers further reflection on Monk’s argument that biography offers, or should offer if done properly, a paradigm example of Wittgenstein’s notion of ‘the understanding that consists in seeing connections’. Monk regards seeing connections in this way as untheoretical. Here he extends his discussion of the definition of ‘theory’ and questions its usefulness in relation to the understanding and practice of biography.
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Ray Monk (2009) Biography and theory reconsidered: second Wittgensteinian thoughts, New Formations, 2009(67), -