The Misfortunes of a Word-watcher : a Reading of Iris Murdoch, A Word Child.

Raïd Layla (1)

1 CURAPP-ESS - Centre universitaire de recherches sur l'action publique et le politique. Epistémologie et Sciences sociales - UMR CNRS 7319

I propose a reading of Iris Murdoch's A Word Child and show how her novel resonates with important themes in Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations, as read by Stanley Cavell, such as the idealization of language. I highlight the ethical significance of such an idealization.

Mots clés: Iris Murdoch; A Word Child; Stanley Cavell; Wittgenstein; Ordinary Language Man

Domaines: Philosophie

Raïd Layla. The Misfortunes of a Word-watcher : a Reading of Iris Murdoch, A Word Child.. Iris Murdoch and the Ethical Imagination, Oct 2019, Amiens, France. ⟨halshs-02326913⟩