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The Cambridge Companion to Wittgenstein

Hans Sluga editor David G Stern editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:28th Dec '17

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Updated edition of this important book, charting the development of Wittgenstein's philosophy of the mind, language, logic, and mathematics.

Charts the development of Wittgenstein's work on a wide range of topics, particularly language, logic, and mathematics. This second edition includes a new introduction and five new chapters – on Tractarian ethics, Wittgenstein's development, aspects, the mind, and time and history - as well as an updated and comprehensive bibliography.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.

'The distinguished contributors take different interpretive approaches to Wittgenstein's work and cover a wide range of topics. Some essays stay within the standard range of topics, whereas others, e.g., Sluga's 'Time and History in Wittgenstein', look to extend the range.' Choice

ISBN: 9781107120259

Dimensions: 235mm x 158mm x 27mm

Weight: 960g

532 pages

2nd Revised edition