Wittgenstein on training: Comment on Norm Friesen’s ‘Training and Abrichtung’: Wittgenstein as a tragic philosopher of education?

Christopher Winch

doi:10.1080/00131857.2018.1427578

Wittgenstein on training: Comment on Norm Friesen’s ‘Training and Abrichtung’: Wittgenstein as a tragic philosopher of education?

Christopher Winch^*

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The view of Wittgenstein as a ‘tragic’ philosopher of education is examined. Friesen’s claim rests on an interpretation of the way in which Wittgenstein uses the German term ‘Abrichtung’. This involves the claim that Wittgenstein saw training activities closely analogous to the breaking of an animal’s will. Close examination of various of the later texts of Wittgenstein and comparison of the original German with the English translation does not bear out this claim. Wittgenstein used ‘Abrichtung’ and related terms in his own way and for his own purposes. The picture that emerges from an overview of Wittgenstein’s use of these terms is that he sees training as a variegated rather than a single kind of activity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	63-69
Number of pages	7
Journal	Educational Philosophy and Theory
Volume	51
Issue number	1
Early online date	23 Jan 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2018.1427578
Publication status	Published - 2019

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Abrichtung
learning
training
Unterricht
Wittgenstein

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