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Zusatztext 'This book will range among the best current readings of Wittgenstein's philosophy. It is a well-written! perspicacious! and instructive guide to reading the later Wittgenstein...such contributions to Wittgenstein scholarship are rare and deserve to be known by professional philosophers as well as by students.' - Dr Danièle Moyal-Sharrock! School of Philosophy! Birkbeck! University of London! UK Informationen zum Autor H. A. KNOTT was born in Harrow and educated at Bangor and Swansea Universities in Wales. He has been an English Language teacher, a trawlerman, a builder and an artist and illustrator. He now works as a professional ecologist in North Wales. Klappentext This book is a Wittgensteinian study of concept possession and conceptual investigation in philosophy. It offers advanced introduction to Wittgenstein's philosophy and original treatment of its most crucial regions. Written as a Socratic dialogue! with a glance to Plato! it makes a bold claim about Wittgenstein's place in Western philosophy. Zusammenfassung This book is a Wittgensteinian study of concept possession and conceptual investigation in philosophy. It offers advanced introduction to Wittgenstein's philosophy and original treatment of its most crucial regions. Written as a Socratic dialogue! with a glance to Plato! it makes a bold claim about Wittgenstein's place in Western philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Dialogue 1: Synopsis Dialogue 2: Facts, Concepts and Philosophy Dialogue 3: Concepts, Speaking and Persons Dialogue 4: An Instinct for Meaning Dialogue 5: Concepts of the Subject Dialogue 6: Metaphysics, Instinct and Language-Games Dialogue 7: Epilogue Index
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Dialogue 1: Synopsis Dialogue 2: Facts, Concepts and Philosophy Dialogue 3: Concepts, Speaking and Persons Dialogue 4: An Instinct for Meaning Dialogue 5: Concepts of the Subject Dialogue 6: Metaphysics, Instinct and Language-Games Dialogue 7: Epilogue Index
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'This book will range among the best current readings of Wittgenstein's philosophy. It is a well-written, perspicacious, and instructive guide to reading the later Wittgenstein...such contributions to Wittgenstein scholarship are rare and deserve to be known by professional philosophers as well as by students.' - Dr Danièle Moyal-Sharrock, School of Philosophy, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
