Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Wittgenstein and the Tractatus
Author | : Michael Morris |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 563 |
Release | : 2008-10-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781134248391 |
ISBN-13 | : 1134248393 |
Rating | : 4/5 (393 Downloads) |
Download or read book Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Wittgenstein and the Tractatus written by Michael Morris and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-10-27 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.