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How To Read Wittgenstein
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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How To Read Wittgenstein
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Ray Monk
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Series | How to Read |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:128 | Dimensions(mm): Height 200,Width 130 |
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Category/Genre | History of Western philosophy |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781862077249
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Classifications | Dewey:192 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Granta Books
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Imprint |
Granta Books
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Publication Date |
7 February 2005 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Though Wittgenstein wrote on the same subjects that dominate the work of other analytic philosophers - the nature of logic, the limits of language, the analysis of meaning - he did so in a peculiarly poetic style that separates his work sharply from that of his peers and makes the question of how to read him particularly pertinent. At the root of Wittgenstein's thought, Monk argues, is a determination to resist the scientism characteristic of our age, a determination to insist on the integrity and the autonomy of non-scientific forms of understanding. The kind of understanding we seek in philosophy, Wittgenstein tried to make clear, is similar to the kind we might seek of a person, a piece of music, or, indeed of a poem. Extracts are taken from Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and from a range of Wittgenstein's posthumously published writings, including Philosophical Investigations, The Blue and Brown Books, On Certainty and Last Writings on the Philosophy of Psychology.
Author Biography
Ray Monk is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton. He is the author of Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius and of a two-volume biography of Bertrand Russell.
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