The Language of Contemporary Philosophical Vocation
FAIN: FB-11996-73
Robert A. Goff
Regents of the University of California, Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077)
To examine the linguistic form of traditional writings (Plato, etc.) in which a philosopher gains passage from futility of vocation to philosophical initiative upon new ground. To examine the works fo Wittgenstein and Heidegger for similar language indicating a time of passage.