Wittgensteinian Reflections on Justice with an emphasis on the critique of Plato and the Aristotelian-Aquinian theory of 'analogy'

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Assistant professor, Department of contemporary intercultural studies, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies. Tehran. Iran.

10.22091/jptr.2024.10803.3067

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Here, I will first mention the concept of justice as discussed in some of Plato's works, then I will try to present some reflections on this concept from the perspective of the philosophy of language. These reflections will be mainly from the perspective of Wittgenstein's later philosophy of language and especially his ideas of family resemblance and language games. In addition to the evaluation of the mentioned concept from the perspective of the idea of family resemblance, I will also evaluate this concept from the perspective of the Aristotelian-Thomistic theory of analogy - which according to some commentators is related to the idea of family resemblance of Wittgenstein - then I will provide a Comparison between these two evaluations. I will argue that Wittgenstein's evaluation of the mentioned concept, unlike the evaluation from the perspective of the Aristotelian-Thomistic theory of analogy, will not lead to the presentation of an alternative metaphysical theory for justice. Rather, the ideas of family resemblance and language games will lead us to a holistic approach to understanding justice.

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Journal of Philosophical Theological Research

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Available Online from 30 October 2024

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