[PDF] The Cambridge Companion To Wittgenstein eBook

Author : Hans D. Sluga
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 47,78 MB
Release : 1996-10-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139825232

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Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) is one of the most important, influential, and often-cited philosophers of the twentieth century, yet he remains one of its most elusive and least accessible. The essays in this volume address central themes in Wittgenstein's writings on the philosophy of mind, language, logic, and mathematics. They chart the development of his work and clarify the connections between its different stages. The contributors illuminate the character of the whole body of work by keeping a tight focus on some key topics: the style of the philosophy, the conception of grammar contained in it, rule-following, convention, logical necessity, the self, and what Wittgenstein called, in a famous phrase, 'forms of life'.

Author : Hans Sluga
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 45,70 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 110712025X

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Updated edition of this important book, charting the development of Wittgenstein's philosophy of the mind, language, logic, and mathematics.

Author : Hans D. Sluga
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 16,69 MB
Release : 1996-10-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521465915

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The essays in this volume address central themes in Wittgenstein's writings on the philosophy of mind, language, logic, and mathematics.

Author : Tom Ricketts
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 22,69 MB
Release : 2010-09-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 113982578X

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Gottlob Frege (1848–1925) was unquestionably one of the most important philosophers of all time. He trained as a mathematician, and his work in philosophy started as an attempt to provide an explanation of the truths of arithmetic, but in the course of this attempt he not only founded modern logic but also had to address fundamental questions in the philosophy of language and philosophical logic. Frege is generally seen (along with Russell and Wittgenstein) as one of the fathers of the analytic method, which dominated philosophy in English-speaking countries for most of the twentieth century. His work is studied today not just for its historical importance but also because many of his ideas are still seen as relevant to current debates in the philosophies of logic, language, mathematics and the mind. The Cambridge Companion to Frege provides a route into this lively area of research.

Author : Rik Peels
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 46,25 MB
Release : 2020-11-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1108476007

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A comprehensive exploration of the historical development and philosophical importance of common-sense philosophy.

Author : Hans-Johann Glock
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 805 pages
File Size : 31,38 MB
Release : 2017-01-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1118641167

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A COMPANION TO WITTGENSTEIN The most comprehensive survey of Wittgenstein’s thought yet compiled, this volume of fifty newly commissioned essays by leading interpreters of his philosophy is a keynote addition to the Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series. Full of penetrating insights into the life and work of the most important philosopher of the twentieth century, the collection explores the full range of Wittgenstein’s contribution to philosophy. It includes essays on his intellectual development, his work in logic and mathematics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind and action, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of religion, and much else. As well as examining Wittgenstein’s contribution to human understanding in detail, the Companion features vital contextual analysis that traces the relationship between his ideas and those of other philosophers and schools of thought, including the Aristotelian and continental philosophical traditions. Authors also address prominent themes that remain current in today’s philosophical debates, explaining Wittgenstein’s continuing legacy alongside his historical significance. Essential reading for scholars of philosophy at all levels, A Companion to Wittgenstein combines engaging commentary with unrivaled academic authority.

Author : Christopher Janaway
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 38,82 MB
Release : 1999-10-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139825747

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Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) is something of a maverick figure in the history of philosophy. He produced a unique theory of the world and human existence based upon his notion of will. This collection analyses the related but distinct components of will from the point of view of epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, aesthetics, ethics, and the philosophy of psychoanalysis. This volume explores Schopenhauer's philosophy of death, his relationship to the philosophy of Kant, his use of ideas drawn from both Buddhism and Hinduism, and the important influence he exerted on Nietzsche, Freud, and Wittgenstein.

Author : Charles Martindale
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 50,89 MB
Release : 1997-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521498852

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Virgil became a school author in his own lifetime and the centre of the Western canon for the next 1800 years, exerting a major influence on European literature, art, and politics. This Companion is designed as an indispensable guide for anyone seeking a fuller understanding of an author critical to so many disciplines. It consists of essays by seventeen scholars from Britain, the USA, Ireland and Italy which offer a range of different perspectives both traditional and innovative on Virgil's works, and a renewed sense of why Virgil matters today. The Companion is divided into four main sections, focussing on reception, genre, context, and form. This ground-breaking book not only provides a wealth of material for an informed reading but also offers sophisticated insights which point to the shape of Virgilian scholarship and criticism to come.

Author : Alastair Hannay
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 22,43 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521477192

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Accessible guide to Kierkegaard available serving as a reference to students and non-specialists.