Description
First Published in 1999. The purpose of this series is to provide a contemporary assessment and history of the entire course of philosophical thought. Each book constitutes a detailed, critical introduction to the work of a philosopher of major influence and significance. Except for the two closing chapters, this book is a careful examination of Wittgenstein's chief works: Part One considers the Tractatus Logico Philosophicus; Part Two considers the Philosophical Investigations.
Table of Contents
Part one PART ONE WITTGENSTENIN's TRACTATUS; Chapter 1 I The Atomistic Ontology of the Tractatus; Chapter 2 II Picturing the World; Chapter 3 III Propositions; Chapter 4 IV The Logic of Propositions; Chapter 5 V Generality; Chapter 6 VI The Naive Constructivism of the Tractatus; Chapter 7 VII Necessity; Chapter 8 VIII My World, Its Value, and Silence; Part two PART TWO WITTGENSTEIN'S LATER PHILOSOPHY; Chapter 9 IX The Critique of the Tractatus; Chapter 10 X Understanding; Chapter 11 XI Sceptical Doubts and a Sceptical Solution to These Doubts; Chapter 12 XII The Private Language Argument; Chapter 13 XIII Topics in Philosophical Psychology; Chapter 14 XIV Topics in the Philosophy of Mathematics; Chapter 15 XV Wittgenstein and the History of Philosophy; Notes;Selected Bibliography; Index;
