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WITTGENSTEIN'S ON CERTAINTY
THERE - LIKE OUR LIFE |
| By: |
Rush Rhees, Professor D. Z. Phillips (Editor) |
| Format: |
Other digital |
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£72.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0470776242 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780470776247 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
25 February, 2008 |
| Pages: |
208 |
| Description: |
* Authoritative interpretation of Wittgenstein's last great work, On Certainty, by one of his closest friends. * Debunks misconceptions about Wittgenstein's On Certainty and shows that it is an essay on logic. * Exposes the continuity in Wittgenstein's thought, and the radical character of his conclusions. |
| Synopsis: |
Rush Rhees, a close friend of Wittgenstein and a major interpreter of his work, shows how Wittgenstein's On Certainty concerns logic, language, and reality - topics that occupied Wittgenstein since early in his career. * Authoritative interpretation of Wittgenstein's last great work, On Certainty, by one of his closest friends. * Debunks misconceptions about Wittgenstein's On Certainty and shows that it is an essay on logic. * Exposes the continuity in Wittgenstein's thought, and the radical character of his conclusions. * Contains a substantial and illuminating afterword discussing current scholarship surrounding On Certainty, and its relationship to Rhees's work on this subject. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Wiley-Blackwell |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |