Cultivating the Philosophical Imagination: Experiencing the Limits of Language with Wittgenstein, Foucault, and Habermas

Abstract

An essay is presented that discusses philosophical imagination in education in light of the views of philosophers Ludwig Wittgenstein, Michel Foucault, and Jürgen Habermas regarding the limits of language. Topics noted include the use of participatory simulations in education, the importance of literary genre in philosophical writing, and Wittgenstein's notion of language games as a classroom activity.