| Wittgenstein Contributor(s): Schroeder, Severin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0745626165 ISBN-13: 9780745626161 Publisher: Polity Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: This book offers a lucid and highly readable account of Wittgensteins philosophy, framed against the background of his extraordinary life and character. Woven together with a biographical narrative, the chapters explain the key ideas of Wittgensteins work, from his first book, the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, to his mature masterpiece, the Philosophical Investigations. Severin Schroeder shows that at the core of Wittgensteins later work lies a startlingly original and subversive conception of the nature of philosophy. In accordance with this conception, Wittgenstein offers no new philosophical doctrines to replace his earlier ones, but seeks to demonstrate how all philosophical theorizing is the result of conceptual misunderstanding. He first diagnoses such misunderstanding at the core of his own earlier philosophy of language and then subjects philosophical views and problems about various mental phenomena understanding, sensations, the will to a similar therapeutic analysis. Schroeder provides a clear and careful account of the main arguments offered by Wittgenstein. He concludes by considering some critical responses to Wittgensteins work, assessing its legacy for contemporary philosophy. Wittgenstein is ideal for students seeking a clear and concise introduction to the work of this seminal twentieth-century philosopher. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 192 |
| LCCN: 2006277425 |
| Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.18" W x 9.02" (0.92 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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| Publisher Description: This is a lucid and highly readable account of Wittgensteins philosophy, set against the background of his extraordinary life and character. Woven together with a biographical narrative, this book is ideal for students seeking a clear and concise introduction to the work of this seminal 20th century philosopher. |