Wittgenstein (Past Masters)

Grayling, A.C.; A.C. Grayling (Author); Keith Thomas (General Editor)

ISBN 10: 0192876775 / ISBN 13: 9780192876775

Published by Oxford Paperbacks/Oxford University Press, Oxford, England, UK, New York, et al., 1991

About this Item

125 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use and clean text. Warped book. Light foxing on page edges.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wittgenstein (Past Masters)
• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks/Oxford University Press, Oxford, England, UK, New York, et al.
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192876775
• ISBN 13: 9780192876775
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Illustrator: Ben Richards (Front Cover Photo)
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

In this non-technical introduction the author explains the nature of Wittengenstein's thought, and its impact on contemporary philosophy. Grayling distinguishes between an earlier period up until the completion of the work "Tractatus logico-philosophicus", published in 1921, and Wittgenstein's return to philosophy some years later when he worked out a new approach to the questions of thought, language, mind and knowledge. The book compares and contrasts the two periods of Wittgenstein's thought and the influence of his teachings on contemporaries.

Review

Lucidly and attractively written. (Heythrop Journal)

Anyone wanting to come to grips with the later Wittgenstein's views on philosophy, his beliefs about the nature of thought and language, and his many unignorable (if sometimes muddled and often muddling) ideas in the philosophy of the mind could do no better than start here. (Guardian)

[Grayling] is to be congratulated on the success of his enterprise in a book which is a model of expository elgance ... an admirably clear and concise introduction (Philosophical Books)