论维特根斯坦前后期宗教思想的一致性

On the Consistency between the Religious Thoughts of Early and Later Wittgenstein

前期维特根斯坦将宗教领域视为神秘之域,并将其归入"不可言说"的范畴,后期维特根斯坦将宗教视为一种"生活方式",并认为宗教生活是最值得过的一种生活。对确定性的追求和对实践的重视成为理解后期维特根斯坦哲学立场转变的关键点,从确定性出发,维特根斯坦的哲学经历了从"语言图像论"到"语言游戏说"的转变,但这并不意味着维特根斯坦的宗教思想发生了根本性的转变,他始终将宗教信仰视为确定性的根基和人生意义的保障。

In his early times,Wittgenstein saw the area of religion as a mysterious domain and classified it as an"unspeakable"category,and later,he regarded religious belief as a"way of life"and believed that religious life was the most worthwhile life.The pursuit of certainty and the emphasis on practice are the keys to understand the turn of Wittgenstein′s later philosophical research.Based on the pursuit of certainty,Wittgenstein′s philosophy has undergone a shift from"the theory of language-picture"to"the theory of language-game".But this does not mean a fundamental shift in Wittgenstein′s religious ideology,because he considered religious belief as root of certainty and the guarantee of the meaning of life.