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Author: Crispin Wright
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 481
ISBN-13: 9780751202953
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this detailed account, Crispin Wright offers a systematic account of Wittgenstein's later philosophy of mathematics and establishes its links with his later philosophy of language. In line with this, he examines Wittgenstein's Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics.
Author: Ernst Konrad Specht
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780719003127
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ernst Konrad Specht
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 226
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Gertrude D. Conway
Publisher: Humanities Press International
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 208
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780262730174
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Oswald Hanfling
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 1989-01-01
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780791400708
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Philosophy," wrote Wittgenstein, "simply puts everything before us, and neither explains nor deduces anything." Hanfling takes seriously Wittgenstein's declaration of what he was doing, emphasizing Wittgenstein's rejection of theory and explanation in favor of 'description alone.' He demonstrates the importance of Wittgenstein's philosophy to long-standing problems about language, knowledge, the mind, and philosophy itself. The book exposes common misunderstandings about Wittgenstein, and examines in detail the celebrated 'private language' argument.
Author: Stuart Shanker
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780415149150
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Wittgenstein scholarship has continued to grow at a pace few could have anticipated - a testament both to the fertility of his thought and to the thriving state of contemporary philosophy. In response to this ever-growing interest in the field, we are delighted to announce the publication of a second series of critical assessments on Wittgenstein, emphasising both the breadth and depth of contemporary Wittgenstein research.As well as papers on the nature and method of Wittgenstein's philosophy, this second collection also relates to a broader range of topics, including psychology, politics, art, music and culture.
Author: Mathieu Marion
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 1998-12-17
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 0191568325
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Mathieu Marion offers a careful, historically informed study of Wittgenstein's philosophy of mathematics. This area of his work has frequently been undervalued by Wittgenstein specialists and by philosophers of mathematics alike; but the surprising fact that he wrote more on this subject than on any other indicates its centrality in his thought. Marion traces the development of Wittgenstein's thinking in the context of the mathematical and philosophical work of the times, to make coherent sense of ideas that have too often been misunderstood because they have been presented in a disjointed and incomplete way. In particular, he illuminates the work of the neglected 'transitional period' between the Tractatus and the Investigations. Marion shows that study of Wittgenstein's writings on mathematics is essential to a proper understanding of his philosophy; and he also demonstrates that it has much to contribute to current debates about the foundations of mathematics.
Author: Ludwig Wittgenstein
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1980-10-15
Total Pages: 357
ISBN-13: 0226904318
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When in May 1930, the Council of Trinity College, Cambridge, had to decide whether to renew Wittgenstein's research grant, it turned to Bertrand Russell for an assessment of the work Wittgenstein had been doing over the past year. His verdict: "The theories contained in this new work . . . are novel, very original and indubitably important. Whether they are true, I do not know. As a logician who likes simplicity, I should like to think that they are not, but from what I have read of them I am quite sure that he ought to have an opportunity to work them out, since, when completed, they may easily prove to constitute a whole new philosophy." "[Philosophical Remarks] contains the seeds of Wittgenstein's later philosophy of mind and of mathematics. Principally, he here discusses the role of indispensable in language, criticizing Russell's The Analysis of Mind. He modifies the Tractatus's picture theory of meaning by stressing that the connection between the proposition and reality is not found in the picture itself. He analyzes generality in and out of mathematics, and the notions of proof and experiment. He formulates a pain/private-language argument and discusses both behaviorism and the verifiability principle. The work is difficult but important, and it belongs in every philosophy collection."—Robert Hoffman, Philosophy "Any serious student of Wittgenstein's work will want to study his Philosophical Remarks as a transitional book between his two great masterpieces. The Remarks is thus indispensible for anyone who seeks a complete understanding of Wittgenstein's philosophy."—Leonard Linsky, American Philosophical Association
Author: A. C. Grayling
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2001-02-22
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 0191540382
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was an extraordinarily original philospher, whose influence on twentieth-century thinking goes well beyond philosophy itself. In this book, which aims to make Wittgenstein's thought accessible to the general non-specialist reader, A. C. Grayling explains the nature and impact of Wittgenstein's views. He describes both his early and later philosophy, the differences and connections between them, and gives a fresh assessment of Wittgenstein's continuing influence on contemporary thought. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
