The Cambridge Companion to Wittgenstein (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) - Softcover

Sluga, Hans

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521465915 ISBN 13: 9780521465915

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) is one of the most important, influential, and often-cited philosophers of the twentieth century, yet he remains one of its most elusive and least accessible. The essays in this volume address central themes in Wittgenstein's writings on the philosophy of mind, language, logic, and mathematics. They chart the development of his work and clarify the connections between its different stages. The contributors illuminate the character of the whole body of work by keeping a tight focus on some key topics: the style of the philosophy, the conception of grammar contained in it, rule-following, convention, logical necessity, the self, and what Wittgenstein called, in a famous phrase, 'forms of life'.

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Review:

' ... this new collection of essays will give on a clear illustration of how writers on Wittgenstein are working, or rather, struggling today. It will encourage one to explore the unknown dimensions to which Wittgenstein's ideas may be relevant.' The Philosophers' Review

Book Description:

The essays in this volume address central themes in Wittgenstein's writings on the philosophy of mind, language, logic, and mathematics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521465915
• ISBN 13: 9780521465915
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 524