Dr. Gabriel Citron
Dr. Gabriel Citron teaches philosophy at Shalem College. He is currently working on a philosophical biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein – exploring Wittgenstein’s vision of the ideal life, and his (often astonishing, always instructive, but not always successful) attempts to live up to that vision.
Gabriel has published articles about conceptions of God (in both the Jewish philosophical tradition and beyond), about the theological problem of evil, about the messy and heterogeneous nature of religious belief, about the “problem” of life’s fragility, and about the virtues of character necessary for being a good philosopher.
He has also published scholarly editions of a number of Wittgenstein manuscripts (including a volume of lecture notes, a volume of letters, and some conversation notes).
Most of Gabriel’s papers can be found on his Academia page.
Selected Publications
“Wisdom, Humility, Courage, and Strength: Later Wittgenstein on the Difficulties of Philosophy and the Philosophical Virtues,” Philosophers’ Imprint, 19:25, July 2019
Wittgenstein’s Lectures, Cambridge 1930-33: From the Notes of GE Moore, eds. David Stern, Brian Rogers, & Gabriel Citron, Cambridge University Press, 2016
“What is Apophaticism? Ways of Talking about an Ineffable God,” co-authored w. Michael Scott, European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 8:4, Winter 2016
“Dreams, Nightmares, and a Defense Against Arguments from Evil,” Faith and Philosophy, 32:3, July 2015
“Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Conversations with Rush Rhees (1939-50): From the Notes of Rush Rhees,” ed. Gabriel Citron, Mind, 124:493, January 2015
“A Discussion Between Wittgenstein and Moore on Certainty (1939): From the Notes of Norman Malcolm,” ed. Gabriel Citron, Mind, 124:493, January 2015