Wittgenstein ( Blackwell Great Minds )

Publication series :Blackwell Great Minds

Author: Hans Sluga  

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc‎

Publication year: 2011

E-ISBN: 9781444343281

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781405118484

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781405118477

Subject: B521 Austrias philosophy

Language: ENG

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Description

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 Wittgenstein's 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

Chapter

contents

pp.:  1 – 7

preface

pp.:  7 – 8

abbreviations

pp.:  8 – 12

1: the situated thinker

pp.:  12 – 15

2: the world and its structure

pp.:  15 – 34

3: the limits of language

pp.:  34 – 53

4: the prodigious diversity of language games

pp.:  53 – 71

5: families and resemblances

pp.:  71 – 90

6: our unsurveyable grammar

pp.:  90 – 109

7: visible rails invisibly laid to infinity

pp.:  109 – 126

8: what is the use of studying philosophy?

pp.:  126 – 145

index

pp.:  145 – 165

LastPages

pp.:  165 – 168

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