Wittgenstein – Lectures and Conversations on Aesthetics, Psychology and Religious Belief 40th Anniversary Edition - Softcover

Wittgenstein, Ludwig

 
9780520251816: Wittgenstein – Lectures and Conversations on Aesthetics, Psychology and Religious Belief 40th Anniversary Edition
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ISBN 10: 0520251814 ISBN 13: 9780520251816
Publisher: University of California Press, 2020

Synopsis

In 1938 Wittgenstein delivered a short course of lectures on aesthetics to a small group of students at Cambridge. The present volume has been compiled from notes taken down at the time by three of the students: Rush Rhees, Yorick Smythies, and James Taylor. They have been supplemented by notes of conversations on Freud (to whom reference was made in the course on aesthetics) between Wittgenstein and Rush Rhees, and by notes of some lectures on religious belief. As very little is known of Wittgenstein's views on these subjects from his published works, these notes should be of considerable interest to students of contemporary philosophy. Further, their fresh and informal style should recommend Wittgenstein to those who find his Tractatus and Philosophical Investigations a little formidable.

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Publisher
University of California Press
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0520251814
ISBN 13 
9780520251816
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
80

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