Major Works: Selected Philosophical Writings ― Ludwig Wittgenstein's Classic Anthology of Logic and Language - Couverture souple

Wittgenstein, Ludwig

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0061550248 ISBN 13 : 9780061550249

Editeur : Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2009

Synopsis

The finest introduction to “the greatest philosopher of the 20th century” (New York Times Book Review), including the complete text of the Tractatus, The Blue and Brown Books, and On Certainty

Major Works is the first single-volume English anthology of  Ludwig Wittgenstein's important philosophical writings. Featuring the complete
texts of Tractatus
Logico-Philosophicus, The Blue and Brown Books: Studies for 'Philosophical
Investigations,' and On Certainty, this new
collection selects from the early, middle, and later career of this
revolutionary thinker, widely recognized as one of the most profound minds of
all time. Wittgenstein contributed several groundbreaking ideas to philosophy, primarily in the foundations of logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of mind. 

“The greatest philosopher of the [20th] century . . . Wittgenstein had an impact of extraordinary proportions. — Colin McGinn, The New Republic

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was born in Austria and studied at Cambridge under Bertrand Russell. He volunteered to serve in the Austrian army at the outbreak of World War I, and in 1918 was captured and sent to a prison camp in Italy, where he finished his masterpiece, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, one of the most important philosophical works of all time. After the war Wittgenstein eventually returned to Cambridge to teach.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Major Works is the finest single-volume anthology of influential philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein's important writings. Featuring the complete texts of Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, The Blue and Brown Books: Studies for 'Philosophical Investigations,' and On Certainty, this new collection selects from the early, middle, and later career of this revolutionary thinker, widely recognized as one of the most profound minds of all time.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0061550248
• ISBN 13: 9780061550249
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448
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