Wittgensteins Lectures Foundations Mathematics by Wittgenstein Edited (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. . . . . 8vo, hardcover, brown cloth. Vg condition in vg dj. Review request label affixed to front endpaper; useful notations on rear blank pages giving citations for Wittgensteins's various interlocutors, including Alan Turing, during the lectures. Covers and contents clean, unworn, no marking or writing. Binding sturdy and tight. 300 pp Higher, History, Mathematics, Modern, Philosophy, 0801409594.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Transcriptions of 31 lectures based on the notes of four of Wittgenstein's students; the lectures dealt with the relationship between mathematics and its application; propositions; logic & mathematics. As the lectures dealt with these topics "more fully and clearly" than Wittgenstein's own writings, it was felt this compiled version would help scholars better understand his ideas. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; the first American edition. Light wear to book, minor binding flaw inside rear cover; jacket shows minor wear but faded spine. Minor pencil markings erased, text believed clean; 300 pages + colophon; index, a few figures & equations. Size: Octavo.