Philosophy's Cool Place

Ludwig Wittgenstein established a "cool" stance for philosophy, contemplating the world without meddling in it. D. Z. Phillips explores this position, focusing on its implications for philosophical authorship and the philosophical investigation of the nature of reality.

Influenced by the views of Wittgenstein and his pupil Rush Rhees, Phillips—who is one of Rhees''s own students—first contrasts Wit...