The philosopher's Alice
Subtitle: Alice's adventures in Wonderland & Through the looking-glass
By: by Lewis Carroll, with illus. by John Tenniel. Introd. and notes by Peter Heath.
Contributors: Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.; Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1974
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898; Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898; Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 -- Philosophy; Children -- Books and reading -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Children's stories, English -- History and criticism; Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism; Alice (Fictitious character : Carroll); Philosophy in literature
Description: Peter Heath's insightful annotations prove that the central concern of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking-Glass' is with the bounds of sense and the limitation of reason. Heath takes the reader on a fascinating walk through the thickets of philosophical blunders, logical fallacies, conceptual confusions and linguistic breakthroughs that decorate the landscape of Alice's world. As a result, Lewis Carroll is elevated to a place alongside such eminent philosophers as Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 244-249.