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Wittgenstein

By Wittgenstein , Ludwig;Sluga , Hans D

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2011
ISBN
9781405118477, 9781405118484, 9781444343281, 9781444343311, 9781444343298, 9781444343304, 1405118474, 1405118482
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
408 kB (417954 bytes)
Series
Blackwell great minds 13
Pages
xi, 154 pages ; 23 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

The situated thinker -- The world and its structure -- The limits of language -- The prodigious diversity of language games -- Families and resemblances -- Our unsurveyable grammar -- Visible rails invisibly laid to infinity -- What is the use of studying philosophy?;Wittgenstein presents a concise, comprehensive, and systematic treatment of Ludwig Wittgenstein's thought from his early work, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, to the posthumous publication of On Certainty, notes written just prior to his death. A substantial scholarly addition to our understanding of one of the most original and influential thinkers of the twentieth century, by renowned Wittgenstein scholar, Hans Sluga Proposes an original new interpretation of Wittgenstein2 work Written to also be accessible to readers unfamiliar with Wittgenstein's thought Includes discussion of the social and political background and contemporary relevance of Wittgenstein's thoughts.

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