A Companion To Wittgenstein

Author : Hans-Johann Glock,John Hyman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 805 pages
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Release : 2017-01-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781118641163

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A Companion to Wittgenstein by Hans-Johann Glock,John Hyman Pdf

A COMPANION TO WITTGENSTEIN The most comprehensive survey of Wittgenstein’s thought yet compiled, this volume of fifty newly commissioned essays by leading interpreters of his philosophy is a keynote addition to the Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series. Full of penetrating insights into the life and work of the most important philosopher of the twentieth century, the collection explores the full range of Wittgenstein’s contribution to philosophy. It includes essays on his intellectual development, his work in logic and mathematics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind and action, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of religion, and much else. As well as examining Wittgenstein’s contribution to human understanding in detail, the Companion features vital contextual analysis that traces the relationship between his ideas and those of other philosophers and schools of thought, including the Aristotelian and continental philosophical traditions. Authors also address prominent themes that remain current in today’s philosophical debates, explaining Wittgenstein’s continuing legacy alongside his historical significance. Essential reading for scholars of philosophy at all levels, A Companion to Wittgenstein combines engaging commentary with unrivaled academic authority.

Author : Max Black
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1964-01-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 052104264X

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A Companion to Wittgenstein's 'Tractatus' by Max Black Pdf

Author : Hans Sluga,David G. Stern
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107120259

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The Cambridge Companion to Wittgenstein by Hans Sluga,David G. Stern Pdf

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

Author : Garth Hallett
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781501743405

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A Companion to Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations by Garth Hallett Pdf

"One of the most impressive pieces of scholarship I have ever encountered."-W. E. Kennick, Amherst College There is nothing in the literature on the Philosophical Investigations comparable to this learned and exhaustive commentary. Offering both information and interpretation, it is a remarkable book that fills a recognized need for a close study of one of the world's major works of philosophy. After a general introduction, Father Hallett divides the text of the Investigations into forty-one units, and then provides an introduction to each section, along with detailed comments on individual paragraphs, statements, and expressions. His use of paragraph numbers in the general introduction and in the sectional introductions permits ready reference downward, for detailed development or illustration of a general observation, or upward, from a particular passage to its wider context. To clarify the philosophical point of Wittgenstein's remarks, Father Hallett makes frequent references to other parts of the Investigations; to Wittgenstein's other writings, both published and unpublished; and to the works which Wittgenstein knew and often had in mind, such as those of Frege, Russell, Moore, James, Augustine, Plato, Schlick, and Kohler. Father Hallett also cites and quotes secondary sources, and he includes an appendix relating Wittgenstein to more than 150 authors, particularly those of his own generation or earlier whom he read, or knew personally, and who are mentioned in this commentary. Written in straightforward and lucid prose, this outstanding book reveals continuities in Wittgenstein's thought over long periods of time. It is an indispensable guide for those preparing courses on the Investigations and a useful tool for students taking those courses.

Author : Hans D. Sluga,David G. Stern
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1996-10-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521465915

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The Cambridge Companion to Wittgenstein by Hans D. Sluga,David G. Stern Pdf

The essays in this volume address central themes in Wittgenstein's writings on the philosophy of mind, language, logic, and mathematics.

Author : A. Biletzki
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789400708228

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(Over)Interpreting Wittgenstein by A. Biletzki Pdf

This book tells the story of Wittgenstein interpretation during the past eighty years. It provides different interpretations, chronologies, developments, and controversies. It aims to discover the motives and motivations behind the philosophical community's project of interpreting Wittgenstein. It will prove valuable to philosophers, scholars, interpreters, students, and specialists, in both analytic and continental philosophy.

Author : Oskari Kuusela,Marie McGinn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 839 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199287505

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The Oxford Handbook of Wittgenstein by Oskari Kuusela,Marie McGinn Pdf

Since the middle of the 20th century Ludwig Wittgenstein has been an exceptionally influential and controversial figure wherever philosophy is studied. This is a comprehensive volume on Wittgenstein where 35 scholars explore the whole range of his thought, offering critical engagement and original interpretation.

Author : A. P. Martinich,E. David Sosa
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780470998649

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A Companion to Analytic Philosophy by A. P. Martinich,E. David Sosa Pdf

A Companion to Analytic Philosophy is a comprehensive guide to many significant analytic philosophers and concepts of the last hundred years. Provides a comprehensive guide to many of the most significant analytic philosophers of the last one hundred years. Offers clear and extensive analysis of profound concepts such as truth, goodness, knowledge, and beauty. Written by some of the most distinguished philosophers alive, some of whom have entries in the book devoted to them.

Author : Michael A. Peters,Jeff Stickney
Publisher : Springer
Page : 782 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811031366

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A Companion to Wittgenstein on Education by Michael A. Peters,Jeff Stickney Pdf

This book, bringing together contributions by forty-five authors from fourteen countries, represents mostly new material from both emerging and seasoned scholars in the field of philosophy of education. Topics range widely both within and across the four parts of the book: Wittgenstein’s biography and style as an educator and philosopher, illustrating the pedagogical dimensions of his early and late philosophy; Wittgenstein’s thought and methods in relation to other philosophers such as Cavell, Dewey, Foucault, Hegel and the Buddha; contrasting investigations of training in relation to initiation into forms of life, emotions, mathematics and the arts (dance, poetry, film, and drama), including questions from theory of mind (nativism vs. initiation into social practices), neuroscience, primate studies, constructivism and relativity; and the role of Wittgenstein’s philosophy in religious studies and moral philosophy, as well as their profound impact on his own life. This collection explores Wittgenstein not so much as a philosopher who provides a method for teaching or analyzing educational concepts but rather as one who approaches philosophical questions from a pedagogical point of view. Wittgenstein’s philosophy is essentially pedagogical: he provides pictures, drawings, analogies, similes, jokes, equations, dialogues with himself, questions and wrong answers, experiments and so on, as a means of shifting our thinking, or of helping us escape the pictures that hold us captive.

Author : Christopher Janaway
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1999-10-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139825740

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The Cambridge Companion to Schopenhauer by Christopher Janaway Pdf

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) is something of a maverick figure in the history of philosophy. He produced a unique theory of the world and human existence based upon his notion of will. This collection analyses the related but distinct components of will from the point of view of epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, aesthetics, ethics, and the philosophy of psychoanalysis. This volume explores Schopenhauer's philosophy of death, his relationship to the philosophy of Kant, his use of ideas drawn from both Buddhism and Hinduism, and the important influence he exerted on Nietzsche, Freud, and Wittgenstein.

Author : David G. Stern
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004-10-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521891329

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Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations by David G. Stern Pdf

In this new introduction to a classic philosophical text, David Stern examines Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. He gives particular attention to both the arguments of the Investigations and the way in which the work is written, especially the role of dialogue in the book. While he concentrates on helping the reader to arrive at his or h er own interpretation of the primary text, he also provides guidance to the unusually wide range of existing interpretations, and to the reasons why the Investigations have inspired such a diversity of readings.

Author : Ray Monk
Publisher : Granta Books
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781783785711

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How To Read Wittgenstein by Ray Monk Pdf

Though Wittgenstein wrote on the same subjects that dominate the work of other analytic philosophers - the nature of logic, the limits of language, the analysis of meaning - he did so in a peculiarly poetic style that separates his work sharply from that of his peers and makes the question of how to read him particularly pertinent. At the root of Wittgenstein's thought, Ray Monk argues, is a determination to resist the scientism characteristic of our age, a determination to insist on the integrity and the autonomy of non-scientific forms of understanding. The kind of understanding we seek in philosophy, Wittgenstein tried to make clear, is similar to the kind we might seek of a person, a piece of music, or, indeed, a poem. Extracts are taken from Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and from a range of writings, including Philosophical Investigations, The Blue and Brown Books and Last Writings on the Philosophy of Psychology.

Author : Hans-Johann Glock
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1996-02-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0631185372

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A Wittgenstein Dictionary by Hans-Johann Glock Pdf

This lucid and accessible dictionary presents technical terms that Wittgenstein introduced into philosophical debate or transformed substantially, and also topics to which he made a substantial contribution. Hans-Johann Glock places Wittgenstein's ideas in their relevance to current debates. The entries delineate Wittgenstein's lines of argument on particular issues, assessing their strengths and weaknesses, and shed light on fundamental exegetical controversies. The dictionary entries are prefaced by a 'Sketch of a Intellectual Biography', which links the basic themes of the early and later philosophy and describes the general development of Wittgenstein's thinking. Extensive textual references, a detailed index and an annotated bibliography will facilitate further study. Authoritative, comprehensive and clear, the volume will be welcomed by anyone with an interest in Wittgenstein - his life, work or influence. Each Blackwell Philosopher Dictionary presents the life and work of an individual philosopher in a scholarly but accessible manner. Entries cover key ideas and thoughts, as well as the main themes of the philosopher's works. A comprehensive biographical sketch is also included.

Author : Marie McGinn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134832477

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Wittgenstein and the Philosophical Investigations by Marie McGinn Pdf

This accessible and lucidly written guide introduces the student of Wittgenstein to his most important work, the Philosophical Investigations and assesses its relationship to contemporary philosophy.

Author : Deborah Cartmell,Ashley D. Polasek
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781119554813

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A Companion to the Biopic by Deborah Cartmell,Ashley D. Polasek Pdf

The most comprehensive reference text of theoretical and historical discourse on the biopic film The biopic, often viewed as the most reviled of all film genres, traces its origins to the early silent era over a century ago. Receiving little critical attention, biopics are regularly dismissed as superficial, formulaic, and disrespectful of history. Film critics, literary scholars and historians tend to believe that biopics should be artistic, yet accurate, true-to-life representations of their subjects. Moviegoing audiences, however, do not seem to hold similar views; biopics continue to be popular, commercially viable films. Even the genre’s most ardent detractors will admit that these films are often very watchable, particularly due to the performance of the lead actor. It is increasingly common for stars of biographical films to garner critical praise and awards, driving a growing interest in scholarship in the genre. A Companion to the Biopic is the first global and authoritative reference on the subject. Offering theoretical, historical, thematic, and performance-based approaches, this unique volume brings together the work of top scholars to discuss the coverage of the lives of authors, politicians, royalty, criminals, and pop stars through the biopic film. Chapters explore evolving attitudes and divergent perspectives on the genre with topics such as the connections between biopics and literary melodramas, the influence financial concerns have on aesthetic, social, or moral principles, the merger of historical narratives with Hollywood biographies, stereotypes and criticisms of the biopic genre, and more. This volume: Provides a systematic, in-depth analysis of the biopic and considers how the choice of historical subject reflects contemporary issues Places emphasis on films that portray race and gender issues Explores the uneven boundaries of the genre by addressing what is and is not a biopic as well as the ways in which films simultaneously embrace and defy historical authenticity Examines the distinction between reality and ‘the real’ in biographical films Offers a chronological survey of biopics from the beginning of the 20th century A Companion to the Biopic is a valuable resource for researchers, scholars, and students of history, film studies, and English literature, as well as those in disciplines that examine interpretations of historical figures