Books

11 results found
Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Morality and our complicated form of life Morality and our complicated form of life Peg O'Connor "A reassessment of metaethics that attempts to undermine the nature/normativity or world/language divide, and offer an alternative account of the world-language relationship. Advocates the need to re… OL11783012W
Emotions and understanding Emotions and understanding Michael McEachrane "Putting the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein (1891-1951) to work, contributors, address subjects ranging from philosophy to affective neuroscience to literary theory. Beyond being a source of inspi… OL16958970W
Wittgenstein's Vienna Revisited Wittgenstein's Vienna Revisited Allan Janik "Fin de siecle Vienna was once memorably described by Karl Kraus as a "proving ground for the destruction of the world." In the decades leading to the World War that brought down the Austro-Hungarian… OL1912869W
Wittgenstein's Tractatus Wittgenstein's Tractatus Peter M. Sullivan,Michael D. Potter These new studies of Wittgenstein's 'Tractatus' represent a significant step beyond recent polemical debate. They cover a wide range of themes, and show that close investigation into the composition … OL19911518W
Wittgenstein and Plato Wittgenstein and Plato Luigi Perissinotto,Begoña Ramón Cámara,B. Ramón-Cámara This is a compilation of essays by thirteen authors dedicated to a direct exploration of Wittgenstein and Plato.-- OL20935439W
Wittgenstein's early philosophy Wittgenstein's early philosophy José L. Zalabardo "This volume comprises nine lively and insightful essays by leading scholars on the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, focusing mainly on his early work. The essays are written from a range of perspe… OL22746612W
Wittgenstein Wittgenstein A. C. Grayling Ludwig Wittgenstein was an extraordinary original philosopher, whose influence on twentieth-century thinking goes well beyond philosophy itself. In this book, which aims to make Wittgenstein's though… OL2628828W
Inheritance and Originality Inheritance and Originality Stephen Mulhall "What might it mean to think of philosophy as being in the condition of modernism - in which its relation to its own past, and hence its sense of its own future, has become an undismissable problem? … OL2960257W
From Frege to Wittgenstein From Frege to Wittgenstein Erich H. Reck xv, 470 p. ; 24 cm OL3705622W
A portrait of Wittgenstein as a young man A portrait of Wittgenstein as a young man David Hume Pinsent xxi, 119 p. : 24 cm OL4805783W
Wittgenstein's Tractatus Wittgenstein's Tractatus Alfred Nordmann Ludwig Wittgenstein's 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus' is one of the most important books of the twentieth century. It influenced philosophers and artists alike and it continues to fascinate readers … OL6860130W