Forms of Life and Language Games

Ludwig Wittgenstein's writings inspired contemporary philosophical thinking and advanced many issues that had been addressed by traditional philosophy. The questions raised by the Viennese philosopher initiated debates on a reconsideration of philosophical terminology. This is especially true for a term that has generated at least three significant controversies since its creation and will probably generate more disputes in the following years. It is the expression form(s) of life which translates into German as Lebensform(en) and Form des Lebens. The present volume contains contributions on forms of life, language games and the influence of Wittgenstein's philosophy on other scholears.

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Jesús Padilla Gálvez is a Spanish philosopher. His principal expertise is in philosophy of language. He is known for his exegesis of the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein. Studied Philosophy, History and Mathematics at the University of Cologne (Germany) and was awarded the M.A. in 1983 and a Dr. phil. in Philosophy in 1988. He was Research Assistant at the University of Murcia (Spain) and later held the post of Associate Professor for Logic and Philosophy of Language at the University of León (Spain). From 1994 to 1999 he was Visiting Professor at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz (Austria). Since 1999 he has been Professor at the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Toledo (Spain). He is the author of Referenz und Theorie der möglichen Welten, 1989; Wittgenstein y el Círculo de Viena / Wittgenstein und der Wiener Kreis, 1998; Tratado Metateórico de las teorías científicas, 2000; Wittgenstein, from a New Point of View, 2003; Idealismus und Sprachanalytische Philosophie, 2007; El laberinto del lenguaje, 2007; Verdad y demostración, 2007; Phenomenology as Grammar, 2008; Wittgenstein I, 2009 and numerous articles.