Wittgenstein in Cambridge -4th Edition- - Letters and Documents 1911-1951

Informationen zum Autor Brian McGuinness is now Professor of the History of Philosophy at Siena. Past publications include the translation of Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (with David Pears) and A Life of Wittgenstein (Volume 1, Young Ludwig, 1988), the second volume of which is due to be published shortly. Klappentext This volume collects the most substantial correspondence and documents relating to Wittgenstein's long association with Cambridge between the years 1911 and his death in 1951, including the letters he exchanged with his most illustrious Cambridge contemporaries Russell, Keynes, Moore, and Ramsey (and previously published as Cambridge Letters).* Now expanded to include 200 previously unpublished letters and documents, including correspondence between Wittgenstein and the economist Piero Sraffa, and between Wittgenstein and his pupils* Includes extensive editorial annotations* Provides a fascinating and intimate insight into Wittgenstein's life and thought Zusammenfassung This volume collects the most substantial correspondence and documents relating to Wittgenstein's long association with Cambridge between the years 1911 and his death in 1951, including the letters he exchanged with his most illustrious Cambridge contemporaries Russell, Keynes, Moore and Ramsey (and previously published as Cambridge Letters). Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements vi Introduction 1 List of Letters and Documents 15 Letters 29 Bibliography 481 Index of Correspondents and Document Sources 490 Index 492

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• Authors: Brian McGuinness, Ludwig Wittgenstein
• Assisted by: Bria McGuinness (Editor), Brian McGuinness (Editor), McGuinness Brian (Editor)
• Publisher: Blackwell Scientific Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.04.2012
• EAN: 9781444350890
• ISBN: 978-1-4443-5089-0
• Dimensions: 173 mm x 245 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > 20th and 21st centuries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Philosophie, Wittgenstein, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Analytic, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, Diaries, letters and journals, Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism