Publication Type | honors thesis |
School or College | College of Humanities |
Department | Philosophy |
Thesis Supervisor | Fred Hagen |
Honors Advisor/Mentor | Peter C. Appleby |
Creator | Lemmon, Steven Eric |
Title | Critiquing vedanta using the Philosophical Investigations of Ludwig Wittgenstein |
Date | 1990-12 |
Year graduated | 1990 |
Description | From the earliest times, language has been used in connection with magic. In Genesis, words are accorded creative power; Adam but says the names of animals and they spring into being. God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. In the ancient world, there was a mystical connection between a name and its object, and to know a person's name was to have power over him. Pronouncing a name was like invoking a power that could be used not only in prayer, but in curses as well. Language was the vehicle of prayer, and of casting spells. |
Type | Text |
Publisher | University of Utah |
Subject | Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951. Philosophische Untersuchungen; Vedanta |
Language | eng |
Rights Management | (c) Steven Eric Lemmon |
Format Medium | application/pdf |
ARK | ark:/87278/s6324159 |
Setname | ir_htca |
ID | 1345879 |
Reference URL | https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6324159 |
Title | Page 9 |
Setname | ir_htca |
ID | 1345888 |
Reference URL | https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6324159/1345888 |