Family Resemblance: On Knowing and Not Knowing

Family Resemblance: On Knowing and Not Knowing

Audio recording of a lecture given by Dean Sarah Davis on August 30, 2024 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "What do a Greek tragedy and a 20th-century work of philosophy have in common? At first glance, Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus and Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations seem worlds apart. However, this lecture suggests that these authors are wrestling with a similar problem, though from different angles -- one we might characterize as tragic, the other, comic. Both texts ultimately call for a reorientation toward the pursuit of knowledge, challenging us to reconsider what it truly means to know anything, especially ourselves."

Santa Fe, NM

2024-08-30

Meem Library has been given permission to make this item available online.

sound

mp3

English

SF_DavisS_Family_Resemblance_On_Knowing_And_Not_Knowing_2024-08-30

m4a

00:48:56