Ineffability and its Metaphysics The Unspeakable in Art, Religion, a
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 Jo
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INEFFABILITY AND ITS METAPHYSICS THE UNSPEAKABLE IN ART, RELIGION, AND PHILOSOPHY
Silvia Jonas
INEFFABILITY AND ITS METAPHYSICS
Copyright © Silvia Jonas 2016 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission. In accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN The author has asserted their right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of Nature America, Inc., One New York Plaza, Suite 4500, New York, NY 10004-1562. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. ISBN 978–1–137–57954–6 ISBN 978–1–137–57955–3 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137579553 Distribution in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world is by Palgrave Macmillan®, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jonas, Silvia L. Y. N. (Silvia Luise Yael Nili), 1983– Ineffability and its metaphysics : the unspeakable in art, religion, and philosophy / Silvia Jonas. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Ineffable, The. 2. Art–Philosophy. 3. Religion–Philosophy. I. Title. B105.I533J66 2016 110–dc23
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For my extraordinary grandmother Inge Leopoldine (1944–2014)
CONTENTS
List of Figures
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Acknowledgements
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1. Introduction 1.1. Philosophy and Ineffability 1.2. Getting a Grip on the Topic 1.3. The Relevant Cases 1.4. A Brief History of Ineffability 1.5. Four Ways of Predicate Application 1.6. Structure of the Book
1 1 2 4 10 22 24
2. Terminology 2.1. Content 2.2. Representations 2.3. Experience 2.4. Truth and Truth-Bearers 2.5. Expressibility and Ineffability
27 27 29 32 34 38
3. Ineffable Properties and Objects 3.1. Why Ineffable Properties and Objects? 3.2. Absoluteness 3.3. Haecceities 3.4. Bare Particulars
51 51 52 60 67
4. Ineffable Propositions 4.1. Why Ineffable Propositions? 4.2. Inaccessibility 4.3. Semantic Paradoxes 4.4. Unformulable Mathematical Propositions 4.5. Excess Propositions 4.6. Perspectival Propositions
73 73 75 77 79 82 87
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5. Ineffable Content 5.1. Why Ineffable Content? 5.2.
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