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Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction

By A. C. Grayling

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2001
ISBN
9780192854117, 0192854119
LCC
B3376.W564 G73 2001
Open Library ID
OL3963601M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3598280 bytes)
Series
Very Short Introductions
Pages
153\153
Topic
Education
Scanned
no
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

AC Grayling, who is a supremely rational and talented philosopher and essayist, has in this little book laid out the basic ideas of Wittgenstein's philosophy, and has clearly demonstrated that they do not make sense. Wittgenstein is accused of anti-realism (he is vague about whether there is an external reality independent of thought and language) and of cognitive relativism (different communities may experience different truths and realities). So, Mr. Wittgenstein, who in the popular mind is a genius of philosophy, is in reality a paragon of irrationality rivaling Derrida or Foucault. Thanks to Grayling, I will never again trouble myself to wonder whether it would be worth the effort to study Wittgenstein. Thank you, AC, for this nice little book.

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