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The False Prison: v.2 (The False Prison: Study of the Development of Wittgenstein's Philosophy) - Hardcover

 
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This is the second of two volumes which describe the development of Wittgenstein's philosophy from the Notebooks and the Tractatus to Philosophical Investigations and his other later writings. This volume covers his later writings from 1929 onwards. The work as a whole fills a gap in the literature on Wittgenstein between brief introductions and long commentaries. The doctrines and ideas chosen for close discussion are those which reveal the general structure of Wittgenstein's thought. Readers of Wittgenstein concentrate on the details of his work, but often find it difficult to see their place in the overall pattern. This book relates the general to the particular within a clearly delineated framework, thereby making Wittgenstein more accessible to students of philosophy and to non-specialists.

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Praise for Volume I "A profound, scholarly and illuminating study....The idea of a definitive study of the work of any great philosopher is, no doubt, illusory....But it is reasonable to think that, when the second volume of Pears's work is added to the first, we shall have something that comes, for its time, as near as possible to that unattainable ideal."--P.F. Strawson"As a secondary source on the character of Wittgenstein's philosophy, this is among the best. Moreover, few studies of Wittgenstein by a single author attempt to be so comprehensive. Likely to become a basic part of Wittgenstein collections. Recommended for readers at all levels."--Choice"An excellent treatment of the early philosophy of Wittgenstein, and of some of its dominant themes. With its promised second volume, it should provide the perceptive student with an excellent introduction to the text."--George L. Farre, Georgetown University

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