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Analogy in Thomas Aquinas and Ludwig Wittgenstein. A comparison
Author(s) -
Drescher Frank
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
new blackfriars
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1741-2005
pISSN - 0028-4289
DOI - 10.1111/nbfr.12273
Subject(s) - analogy , philosophy , epistemology , order (exchange) , family resemblance , economics , finance
The purpose of this essay is to illustrate the concept of analogy in the late works of St. Thomas Aquinas, i.e., in his two Summas, and to go on to compare this with Ludwig Wittgenstein's concept of “family resemblance” (“Familienähnlichkeit”), in order to reveal some interesting similarities between the named linguistic‐philosophical concepts of these two very different thinkers.