Edited book
The Cambridge Companion to Wittgenstein
Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition
2017
Abstract
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) is one of the most important and influential philosophers in modern times, but he is also one of the least accessible. In this volume, leading experts chart the development of his work and clarify the connections between its different stages. The essays, which are both expository and original, address central themes in Wittgenstein's writing on a wide range of topics, particularly his thinking about the mind, language, logic, and mathematics. The contributors illuminate the character of the whole body of work by focusing on 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'. This revised edition includes a new introduction, five new essays - on Tractarian ethics, Wittgenstein's development, aspects, the mind, and time and history - and a fully updated comprehensive bibliography.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Cambridge Companion to Wittgenstein
- Contributors
- Hans Sluga (Editor) - University of California, BerkeleyDavid G Stern (Editor) - University of Iowa, Philosophy
- Resource Type
- Edited book
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press; Cambridge
- Series
- Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
- ISBN
- 1316341283; 9781316341285
- Number of pages
- 532 pages
- Alternative title
- Cambridge companions.
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2017
- Academic Unit
- Philosophy
- Record Identifier
- 9984414236302771
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