Wittgenstein's on Certainty There - Like Our Life |
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| Author:
| Rhees, Rush |
| Editor:
| Phillips, D. Z. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-470-79505-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2008 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Book Format: | Digital download |
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Book Description:
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Rush Rhees, a close friend of Wittgenstein and a major interpreter of his work, shows how Wittgenstein's
On Certainty concerns logic, language, and reality - topics that occupied Wittgenstein since early in his career.
- Authoritative interpretation of Wittgenstein's last great work, On Certainty, by one of his closest friends.
- Debunks misconceptions about...
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Rush Rhees, a close friend of Wittgenstein and a major interpreter of his work, shows how Wittgenstein's
On Certainty concerns logic, language, and reality - topics that occupied Wittgenstein since early in his career.
- Authoritative interpretation of Wittgenstein's last great work, On Certainty, by one of his closest friends.
- Debunks misconceptions about Wittgenstein's On Certainty and shows that it is an essay on logic.
- Exposes the continuity in Wittgenstein's thought, and the radical character of his conclusions.
- Contains a substantial and illuminating afterword discussing current scholarship surrounding On Certainty, and its relationship to Rhees's work on this subject.