| Wittgenstein in 90 Minutes Contributor(s): Strathern, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 1566631319 ISBN-13: 9781566631310 Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1996 Annotation: "If we accept Wittgenstein's word for it", Paul Strathern writes, "he is the last philosopher. In his view, philosophy in the traditional sense was finished". Ludwig Wittgenstein was a superb logician who distrusted language and sought to solve the problems of philosophy by reducing them to logic. All else - metaphysics, aesthetics, ethics, finally even philosophy itself - was excluded. They were all wrong, he argued. "What we cannot speak about", he declared, "we must pass over in silence". In Wittgenstein in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Wittgenstein's life and ideas, and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from Wittgenstein's work; a brief list of suggested reading for those who wish to push further; and chronologies that place Wittgenstein within his own age and in the broader scheme of philosophy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Philosophy | Logic |
| Dewey: 192 |
| LCCN: 96024945 |
| Series: Philosophers in 90 Minutes |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.16" W x 7.95" (0.22 lbs) 89 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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