Paradox and Platitude in Wittgenstein's Philosophy |
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Author:
| Pears, David |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-955050-0 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2008 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $61.77AUD $70.95 |
Book Description:
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David Pears offers penetrating investigations and lucid explications of some of the most influential and yet puzzling writings of twentieth-century philosophy. He focuses on the idea of language as a picture of the world; the phenomenon of linguistic regularity; the famous "private language argument"; logical necessity; and ego and the self.
David Pears offers penetrating investigations and lucid explications of some of the most influential and yet puzzling writings of twentieth-century philosophy. He focuses on the idea of language as a picture of the world; the phenomenon of linguistic regularity; the famous "private language argument"; logical necessity; and ego and the self.