Ineffability and Its Metaphysics

by Silvia L y N Jonas

Book Overview

Can art, religion, or philosophy afford ineffable insights? If so, what are they? The idea of ineffability has puzzled philosophers from Laozi to Wittgenstein. In Ineffability and its Metaphysics: The Unspeakable in Art, Religion and Philosophy, Silvia Jonas examines different ways of thinking about what ineffable insights might involve metaphysically, and shows which of these are in fact incoherent. Jonas discusses the concepts of ineffable properties...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349954241
• ISBN13: 9781349954247
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"