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Wittgenstein in 90 Minutes Lib/E Library Edition
Contributor(s): Strathern, Paul (Author), Whitfield, Robert (Read by)
ISBN: 0786190884     ISBN-13: 9780786190881
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $14.40  
Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats
Published: October 2003
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern
Dewey: 192
Series: Philosophers in 90 Minutes (Audio)
Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.3" W x 7.42" (0.24 lbs)
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
 
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Publisher Description:

If we accept Wittgenstein's word for it, he is the last philosopher. In his view, philosophy in the traditional sense was finished.

Ludwig Wittgenstein was a superb logician who distrusted language and sought to solve the problems of philosophy by reducing them to logic. All else-metaphysics, aesthetics, ethics, finally even philosophy itself-was excluded. What we cannot speak about, he declared, we must pass over in silence.

In Wittgenstein in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Wittgenstein's life and ideas and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from Wittgenstein's work, a brief list of suggested readings for those who wish to delve deeper, and chronologies that place Wittgenstein within his own age and in the broader scheme of philosophy.

Contributor Bio(s): Strathern, Paul: -

Paul Strathern earned a degree in philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin, and has lectured in philosophy and mathematics. The author of many nonfiction books and of articles for numerous publications, he has also written several novels and has won the Somerset Maugham Prize. He lives and writes in London.

Whitfield, Robert: -

Simon Vance is an award-winning actor and an AudioFile Golden Voice with over fifty Earphones Awards and thirteen prestigious Audie Awards. He was named Booklist's very first Voice of Choice in 2008 and an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009.