Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Wittgenstein and the Tractatus - Michael Morris

Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Wittgenstein and the Tractatus

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Buch | Softcover
408 Seiten
2008
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-35722-7 (ISBN)
32,40 inkl. MwSt
A clear introduction to the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, the only book Wittgenstein published during his lifetime. Michael Morris introduces and analyses the brief and sometimes cryptic text, including Wittgestein’s life, the background to the Tractatus, the ideas and the text, and the importance of Wittgenstein’s work in philosophy today.
Written by a leading expert, this is the ideal guide to the only book Wittgenstein published during his lifetime, the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. Michael Morris makes sense of Wittgenstein’s brief but often cryptic text, highlighting its key themes. He introduces and analyzes:



Wittgenstein’s life and the background to the Tractatus
the ideas and text of the Tractatus
the continuing importance of Wittgenstein's work to philosophy today,

Wittgenstein is the most important twentieth-century philosopher in the English speaking world. This book will be essential reading for all students of philosophy of language and metaphysics.

Michael Morris is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sussex.

Introduction 1. The nature of the world 2. The legacy of Frege and Russell 3. The general theory of representation 4. Sentences as models 5. Logic and compound sentences 6. Solipsism, idealism and realism 7. Metaphysics, ethics and the limits of philosophy Appendix: The substance argument Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag 17.10.2008
Reihe/Serie Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Gewicht 420 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Neuzeit
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
ISBN-10 0-415-35722-5 / 0415357225
ISBN-13 978-0-415-35722-7 / 9780415357227
Zustand Neuware
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