Introducing Wittgenstein

Heaton, John W.

ISBN 10: 187416617X / ISBN 13: 9781874166177

Published by Icon,Totem Books, 1996

Seller Inventory # 187416617X-3-25563569

Synopsis:

Ludwig Wittgenstein has somehow captured the popular imagination as the modern Socrates, the fascinating and attractive master of enigmatic logic. But what did Wittgenstein really say? This book introduces a strange man, the rigorous logician who prized poetry above philosophy, who inherited an immense fortune and gave it all away, who sought death in the trenches of World War I, a great teacher who advised his students to give up philosophy, a tormented soul who thrived on jokes and crime fiction and a solitary who inspired lifelong friendships. This is also a guide to his central work, the "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus", an apparent glacier of logic, and his later, friendlier "Philosophical Investigations". Anyone baffled by the complexity of these works or intrigued by Wittgenstein's reputation but too daunted to read him should find this book a useful introduction.

About the Author: John M. Heaton is a psychotherapist and one-time colleague of R.D. Laing.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Introducing Wittgenstein
Publisher: Icon,Totem Books
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good