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How to Read Wittgenstein
Ray Monk
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Paperback. At the root of Wittgenstein's thought, Monk argues, is a determination to resist the scientism characteristic of our age, a determination to insist on the integrity and autonomy of non- scientific forms of understanding. Series: How to Read. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 104.
Though Wittgenstein wrote on the same subjects that dominate the work of other analytic philosophers - the nature of logic, the limits of language, the analysis of meaning - he did so in a peculiarly poetic style that separates his work sharply from that of his peers and makes the question of how to read him particularly pertinent. At the root of Wittgenstein's thought, Ray Monk argues, is a determination to resist the scientism characteristic of our age, a determination to insist on the integrity and the autonomy of non-scientific forms of understanding. The kind of understanding ... Read more
Though Wittgenstein wrote on the same subjects that dominate the work of other analytic philosophers - the nature of logic, the limits of language, the analysis of meaning - he did so in a peculiarly poetic style that separates his work sharply from that of his peers and makes the question of how to read him particularly pertinent. At the root of Wittgenstein's thought, Ray Monk argues, is a determination to resist the scientism characteristic of our age, a determination to insist on the integrity and the autonomy of non-scientific forms of understanding. The kind of understanding ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
How to Read
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781862077249
SKU
V9781862077249
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99-98
About Ray Monk
Ray Monk is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton. He is the author of Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius and of a two-volume biography of Bertrand Russell.
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