Fülszöveg
Fontana Press
The work of Ludwig Wittgenstein is a strange product
of hard reasoning and brilliant imagination. Besides,
Wittgenstein produced not one but two highly original
philosophies at different times in his life. Both must be
understood, and reconciled. In this book David Pears
analyses Wittgenstein's two major works, the Tractatus
logico-Philosophicus and the Philosophical
Investigations, and sets his conclusions against the
background of the striking changes in the nature of
philosophy in this century.
Tears succeeds in conveying vertiginously difficult
ideas in the simplest words.'
ANTHONY QUYNTON/SUNDAY TIMES
\ I read it with fascination. The writing has that
beautiful clarity which some philosophers achieve, and
which gives me, for a few moments, the euphoric illusion
of having understood an abstruse argument.'
JOHN WAIN/OBSERVER
This is one of the best studies of Wittgenstein that has
yet appeared a subtle and intricate work, wide in
scope and...
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Fülszöveg
Fontana Press
The work of Ludwig Wittgenstein is a strange product
of hard reasoning and brilliant imagination. Besides,
Wittgenstein produced not one but two highly original
philosophies at different times in his life. Both must be
understood, and reconciled. In this book David Pears
analyses Wittgenstein's two major works, the Tractatus
logico-Philosophicus and the Philosophical
Investigations, and sets his conclusions against the
background of the striking changes in the nature of
philosophy in this century.
Tears succeeds in conveying vertiginously difficult
ideas in the simplest words.'
ANTHONY QUYNTON/SUNDAY TIMES
\ I read it with fascination. The writing has that
beautiful clarity which some philosophers achieve, and
which gives me, for a few moments, the euphoric illusion
of having understood an abstruse argument.'
JOHN WAIN/OBSERVER
This is one of the best studies of Wittgenstein that has
yet appeared a subtle and intricate work, wide in
scope and rigorously argued.'
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Cover illustration byJohn Thirsk
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