Othello and the Problem of Knowledge: Reading Shakespeare through Wittgenstein

by Richard Gaskin

Book Overview

This book analyses the epistemological problems that Shakespeare explores in Othello. In particular, it uses the methods of analytic philosophy, especially the work of the later Wittgenstein, to characterize these problems and the play.

Shakespeare's Othello is often thought to connect with traditional sceptical problems, and in particular with the problem of other minds. In this book, Richard Gaskin argues that the play does indeed connect...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 103242494X
• ISBN13: 9781032424941
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"