You’ll be getting back your first essays this Thursday, and we’ll then need to move to the second essay, which was originally scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday, October 26).
Given the rhythm that has worked best for us, there is no need for this second essay to be turned in so soon. Thus, the new due date will be Thursday, Nov 11. This due date will give you time to develop, draft, and revise your second essay, and it will enable me to get them back to you before the Thanksgiving break. That will give you ample time to prepare for your longer, final essay.
I have two topic suggestions, but I am of course open to your suggestions. I ask only that you please run your topic by me (if you choose not to write on one of the following two topics).
The two topics are:
- The Investigations Refutation of the Tractarian Theory: Wittgenstein clearly rejected – and, in his own way, refuted – parts of his earlier Tractatus Logico-Philophicus. What did he reject and why? Put otherwise: What did he refute, and how did he refute it?
- The New Method – and the New Problem: Wittgenstein develops a new method of philosophy in his later work. What is that method, how does it work, and what is the primary puzzle to which he applies it (or at least the first puzzle that is not an essentially Tractarian puzzle but rather a new one)?
If these two topics are not clear, let me know. Basically, the two topics are (a) the refutation of the Tractarian theory and (b) the introduction of a new method of philosophy in connection with a new central puzzle. The two topics are connected. In both cases, what I’m most interested in is seeing whether you see how this new method operates. Note that in both topics you would be justified in also exploring the deep connections between his earlier and later work.
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