Wittgenstein
By: Ray Monk
Series: How to read (London, England)
Publisher: Granta Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
Subjects: Wittgenstein, Ludwig, -- 1889-1951
Genres: philosophy
First sentence: This series is based on a very simple, but novel idea. ... Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was by universal agreement one of the greatest and one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.
Description: A short introduction to major topics of Wittgensteins philosophy, in chronological order.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]-110) and index.
Table of contents: pagenum: vii
class: section
title: Series Editor Foreword; pagenum: 1
title: Introduction; pagenum: 3
title: Logic, science and business
label: 1; pagenum: 15
label: 2
title: Clearing up philosophy in three words; pagenum: 34
label: 3
title: Picturing the world; pagenum: 44
label: 4
title: What is a proposition; pagenum: 52
title: What is philosophy
label: 5; pagenum: 54
label: 6
title: The disintegration of logical form; pagenum: 61
label: 7
title: The new philosophy: giving up the crystalline purity of logic; pagenum: 69
label: 8
title: Language games; pagenum: 83
title: Can there be a private language
label: 9; pagenum: 94
title: Reading Wittgenstein in the right spirit
label: 10; pagenum: 99
title: Understanding others, understanding ourselves: imponderable evidence
label: 11; pagenum: 107
title: Chronology; pagenum: 109
title: Suggestions for further reading; pagenum: 111
title: Index