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1 Online-Ressource (xv, 272 pages)
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ISBN:
9780511624797
Content:
This collection of essays deals with the relationship between Wittgenstein's life and his philosophy. The first two essays reflect on general problems inherent in philosophical biography itself. The essays that follow draw on recently published letters as well as recently published diaries from the 1930s to explore Wittgenstein's background as an engineer and its relation to the Tractatus, the impact of his schizoid personality on his approach to philosophy, his role as a diarist, letter-writer and polemicist, and finally the complex issue of Wittgenstein as a Jew. Written by a first-rate team of Wittgenstein scholars including two published biographers of the philosopher, Brian McGuinness and Ray Monk, this collection will appeal to anyone with a serious interest in the most influential philosopher of the twentieth century
Content:
Philosophical biography / Ray Monk -- Philosophy and biography / James Conant -- Wittgenstein and the mind's eye / Kelly Hamilton -- Deep disquietudes / Louis Sass -- The sleepy philosopher / Alfred Nordmann -- Letters from a philosopher / Joachim Schulte -- Wittgenstein and reason / Hans-Johann Glock -- Wittgenstein and the idea of Jewishness / Brain McGuinness -- Was Wittgenstein a Jew? / David Stern
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521803977
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521008686
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521803977
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511624797
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