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After an opening overview of wittgenstein's philosophy the following essays fall into two classes: those that investigate connections between the philosophy of wittgenstein and other philosophers and philosophical trends, and those which enter into some of the controversies that, over the last two decades, have raged over the interpretation of one aspect or another of wittgenstein's writingsthe controversies into which hacker enters include the diamond-conant interpretation of the tractatus (which is shown to be inconsistent with the text of the tractatus and with wittgenstein's explanations of and comments on his book), winch's interpretation of the tractatus conception of names, kripke's interpretation of wittgenstein's discussion of following a rule (which is demonstrated to be remote from wittgenstein's intentions), and malcolm's defence of the idea that wittgenstein claimed that mastery of a language logically requires that the language be shared with other speakersthese far-ranging essays, several of them previously unpublished or difficult to find, shed much light upon different aspects of wittgenstein's thought, and upon the controversies which it has stimulatedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston wittgenstein: connections and controversies consists of thirteen thematically linked essays on different aspects of the philosophy of wittgenstein, by one of the leading commentators on his workthe connections that are explored include the relationship between wittgenstein's philosophy and the humanistic and hermeneutic traditions in european philosophy, wittgenstein's response to frazer's golden bough and the interpretation of ritual actions, his attitude towards and criticisms of frege (both in the tractatus and in the later philosophy), the relationship between his ideas and those of members of the vienna circle on the matter of ostensive definition, and a comparison of carnap's conception of the elimination of metaphysics and of strawson's rehabilitation of metaphysics with wittgenstein's later criticisms of metaphysics
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However, the early wittgenstein undertakes this descriptive project in the grip of a set of preconceptions concerning the essence of language that determine both how he conceives the problem and the approach he takes to the task of clarificationmarie mcginn's principal aim in this book is to develop an alternative interpretative line, which rejects the idea, central to the metaphysical reading, that wittgenstein sets out to ground the logic of our language in features of an independently constituted reality, but which allows that he aims to provide positive philosophical insights into how language functions see oxfam website for delivery information read moreby this account, the aim of the work is to elucidate what language itself makes clear, namely, what is essential to its capacity to express thoughts that are true or falsemcginn takes as a guiding principle the idea that we should see wittgenstein's early work as an attempt to eschew philosophical theory and to allow language itself to reveal how it functionsoxfam bookshop hampstead elucidating the tractatus: wittgenstein's early philosophy of language and logic discussion of wittgenstein's tractatus is currently dominated by two opposing interpretations of the work: a metaphysical or realist reading and the 'resolute' reading of diamond and conantin very good condition, though there is a faint erased pencil mark on the first endpapernevertheless, the tractatus contains philosophical insights, achieved despite his early preconceptions, that form the foundation of his later philosophy
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Authoritative, comprehensive and clear, the volume will be welcomed by anyone with an interest in wittgenstein - his life, work or influenceoxfam bookshop preston this lucid and accessible dictionary presents technical terms that wittgenstein introduced into philosophical debate or transformed substantially, and also topics to which he made a substantial contributionextensive textual references, a detailed index and an annotated bibliography will facilitate further studythe dictionary entries are prefaced by a "sketch of a intellectual biography", which links the basic themes of the early and later philosophy and describes the general development of wittgenstein's thinkingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe entries delineate wittgenstein's lines of argument on particular issues, assessing their strengths and weaknesses, and shed light on fundamental exegetical controversieshans-johann glock places wittgenstein's ideas in their relevance to current debates
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Their contributions deal with a variety of themes associated with wittgensteinthirteen leading philosophers and wittgenstein scholars offer specially written essays in honour of hackersome deal with issues of wittgenstein scholarship and interpretation, including areas that have attracted an increasing amount of attention, such as ethics and religionothers deal with central topics from the history of analytic philosophysee oxfam website for delivery information read morefinally there are essays that explore and assess wittgensteinian ideas, in some cases as developed by hacker, in the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind, or in related areas such as the philosophy of action and the philosophy of neuroscienceoxfam bookshop preston peter hacker is one of the most notable interpreters of wittgenstein's work, a powerful and sophisticated exponent of wittgensteinian ideas, and a distinguished historian of the analytic tradition
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Oxfam bookshop preston wittgenstein believed that his writing should not save other people the trouble of thinking for themselvesin this complex little book the author attempts to demystify wittgenstein while at the same time stimulating the reader's own thoughts on the use of words as instrumentsin a method derived from wittgenstein it shows the reader how to handle difficulties about psychological words, and gives novel interpretations of perplexing passages in the investigations and zettelthe book looks particularly at wittgenstein's use of words and his distrust of philosophical questions such as "what are we reporting about ourselves when we say we believe something?" it stresses the wide range of ways in which these questions arise, and the care and perceptiveness that is needed to expose their limitationsthere are a few annotations in ink, but this book is otherwise in excellent conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Avoiding interpretation, professor von wright concentrates on providing source material which will be of permanent value to anyone studying wittgensteinoxfam bookshop glossop road shelf wear and creasing to cover, otherwise very good condition gthe studies record the reliable facts of wittgenstein's life, and retrieve all the information which is still available relating to the chronology and composition of his writingshis work on the origins and development of the two great creations of the philosophical genius - the 'tractatus' and 'philosophical investigations' - will be of abiding interest to scholars and students who seek to understand the thinking of one of the most fertile and original minds in the history of philosophysee oxfam website for delivery information read morevon wright, a pupil and personal friend of ludwig wiggenstein and now one of the trustees of his literary estate, has here collected eight studies of wittgenstein's life and writings
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethe lucid, engaging commentary also reviews wittgenstein's historical legacy and his continued impact on contemporary philosophical debatesome light shelf wear to the dust jacket, but the book itself is as newoxfam bookshop preston the most comprehensive survey of wittgenstein's thought yet compiled, this volume of fifty newly commissioned essays by leading interpreters of his philosophy is a keynote addition to the blackwell series on the world's great philosophers, covering everything from wittgenstein's intellectual development to the latest interpretations of his hugely influential ideas
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Oxfam bookshop preston ludwig wittgenstein () is one of the most important, influential, and often-cited philosophers of the twentieth century, yet he remains one of its most elusive and least accessiblethe contributors illuminate the character of the whole body of work by keeping a tight focus on some key topics: the style of the philosophy, the conception of grammar contained in it, rule-following, convention, logical necessity, the self, and what wittgenstein called, in a famous phrase, 'forms of life'they chart the development of his work and clarify the connections between its different stagesthe essays in this volume address central themes in wittgenstein's writings on the philosophy of mind, language, logic, and mathematicssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham ludwig wittgenstein has somehow captured the popular imagination as the modern socrates, the master of enigmatic logic, the fascinating and attractive icon of modernismbut what did wittgenstein really say? in introducing wittgenstein we meet a strange man, the rigorous logician who prized poetry above philosophy, who inherited an immense fortune and gave it all away, who sought death in the trenches of world war one, a great teacher who advised his students to give up philosophy, a tormented soul who thrived on jokes and crime fiction and a solitary who inspired lifelong friendshipswe are also given a clear and accessible guide to his central works, the tractatus logico-philosophicus, a glacier of logic, and his later, friendlier philosophical investigationssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreanyone intrigued by these works but too daunted to have read them will find this the ideal introduction to a great 20th century philosopher
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Oxfam bookshop preston when in may , the council of trinity college, cambridge, had to decide whether to renew wittgenstein's research grant, it turned to bertrand russell for an assessment of the work wittgenstein had been doing over the past yearas a logician who like simplicity, i should like to think that they are not, but from what i have read of them i am quite sure that he ought to have the opportunity to work them out, since, when completed, they may easily prove to constitute a whole new philosophysome minor shelf wear but otherwise good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreare novel, very original and indubitably importanthis verdict: the theories contained in this new workwhether they are true, i do not know
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston this is a lucid and highly readable account of wittgenstein's philosophy, set against the background of his extraordinary life and characterwoven together with a biographical narrative, this book is ideal for students seeking a clear and concise introduction to the work of this seminal 20th century philosopher
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Oxfam bookshop preston this volume provides a wide--ranging collection of newly--commissioned essays on wittgenstein by internationally established philosopherssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop preston the aim of this book is twofold: first, to put forward an accurate and comprehensive interpretation of wittgenstein later views on meaning and understanding and rules concentrating on the philosophical investigation; see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Through notes on conversations with wittgenstein, letters to a student of philosophy and correspondence of almost 30 years with rush rhees, drury gives shape to what he had learned from wittgensteinoxfam bookshop preston maurice o'connor drury was among wittgenstein's first students after his return to cambridge inthe selected writings of maurice o'connor drury brings together the best of his lectures, conversations, and letters on philosophy, religion and medicinewhether discussing philosophy, simone weil or the power of hypnosis, he makes fascinating excursions into the bearing of wittgenstein's thought on philosophy and the practice of medicine and psychiatryalongside a foreword by monk and an introduction presenting a new biography of drury, analysing the relationship between him and wittgenstein, this collection features previously unpublished archival sourcessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe subsequent course of drury's life and thought was to be enormously influenced by his teacherbeautifully written and carefully selected, each piece reveals the impact of wittgenstein's teachings, shedding light on the friendship and thinking of one of the most important philosophers of the 20th centurycentral to the collection is the danger of words, the text described by ray monk as 'the most truly wittgensteinian book published by any of wittgenstein's students'
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Pears aims to relate the general to the particular within a clearly delineated framework, thereby hoping to make wittgenstein more accessible to students of philosophy and to non-specialistsspine is creased, and there are annotations throughout, but the book is otherwise in good conditionthis volume covers his later philosophy from onwardsoxfam bookshop preston this is the second of two volumes which describe the development of wittgenstein's philosophy from the "notebooks" and the "tractatus" to "philosophical investigations" and his other later writingssee oxfam website for delivery information read morevolume i and ii form a continuous study of wittgenstein's philosophy, but they are designed to be read independently of each otherit traces two lines of thought, one starting from the treatment of solipsism in the "tractatus" and the other developing out of the early theory of language proposed in that bookthe work as a whole is designed to fill a gap in the literature on wittgenstein, and the doctrines and ideas chosen for close discussion are those which the author believes reveal the general structure of wittgenstein's thought
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By setting seeing aspects within this interpretative framework, the author seeks to demonstrate parallels between wittgenstein's interest, and concerns at the heart of heidegger's "being and time"this focus not only confers unity upon his treatment of the topic, but also connects that treatment with fundamental questions in the philosophy of psychology (taking issue with davidsonian approaches to these matters, for example)it highlights what is distinctively "human" about human behaviour in relation to things in the world, and elements which distinguish human practical activity from that of automatathis work strives to show that wittgenstein's investigation of aspect perception is designed to illuminate much more than a bizarre type of visual experiencein very good condition, with clean pages and a cover only faintly marked at the backsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells on being in the world: wittgeinstein and heidegger on seeing aspects by stephen mulhall this study aims to cast new light on a neglected but important area of wittgenstein's philosophy, and to reveal its pertinence to the central concerns of contemporary analytic philosophyits starting point is the belief that wittgenstein's seemingly unsystematic remarks on seeing aspects of pictures and words, are in fact focused on a phenomenon which he labels "continuous aspect perception"
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Oxfam bookshop preston incorporating significant editorial changes from earlier editions, the fourth edition of ludwig wittgenstein's philosophical investigations is the definitive en face german-english version of the most important work of 20th-century philosophy the extensively revised english translation incorporates many hundreds of changes to anscombes original translation footnoted remarks in the earlier editions have now been relocated in the text what was previously referred to as part 2 is now republished as philosophy of psychology - a fragment, and all the remarks in it are numbered for ease of reference new detailed editorial endnotes explain decisions of translators and identify references and allusions in wittgenstein's original text now features new essays on the history of the philosophical investigations, and the problems of translating wittgensteins text see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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From aristotle to wittgenstein, from democritus to derrida, this series provides a concise survey of philosophers ancient and modern
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Using research conducted on three continents and drawing on the ideas of wittgenstein, benjamin and foucault, didier fassin attempts to do so by developing three concepts: forms of life, ethics of life and politics of lifebut is it possible to conceive of them together and thus reconcile naturalist and humanist approaches?
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Oxfam shop hull the most comprehensive treatment in english of schopenhauer's philosophy, this book presents a brief biography of schopenhauer, a systematic exposition of his thought, and a critical discussion of the problems to which it gives rise and its influence on a wide range of philosophers and artists, particularly wagner and wittgensteinin almost new conditiondedication to original owner inscribed in biro on first pagesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Moore, criteria, defeasibility, and knowledge by john mcdowell, sensations and brain processes by jsmart, selections from sense and sensibilia by j* features broad coverage of analytic philosophy, including such topics as ethics, methodology, and freedom and personal identity * focuses on classic or seminal articles that were especially influential or significant * new articles in this edition include proof of an external world by gsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston featuring updates and the inclusion of nine new chapters, analytic philosophy: an anthology, 2nd edition offers a comprehensive and authoritative collection of the most influential readings in analytic philosophy written over the past hundred yearsaustin, other bodies by tyler burge, individualism and supervenience by jerry fodor, responsibility and avoidability by roderick chisholm, alternative possibilities and moral responsibility by harry frankfurt, and personal identity by derek parfit * offers diverse approaches to analytic philosophy by including readings from austin, wittgenstein, quine, and davidson
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Mind, method and morality celebrates kenny's work by focusing on the four great philosophers to whom kenny has given special attention, namely aristotle, aquinas, descartes, and wittgensteinin contrast to many of his contemporaries, who have played down philosophy's debt to its past, kenny's work has always been rooted in the great tradition of western philosophical inquirystrongly linked together by their focus on philosophy of mind, action and responsibility, the papers make a significant contribution to those areas of philosophy that kenny has made particularly his own, and constitute a timely celebration of his workin the wide range and historical breadth of his interests, he has influenced many parts of the philosophical landscape, especially in the philosophy of mind and the theory of human action and responsibilitysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston sir anthony kenny is one of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of our timeit contains sixteen essays (four on each philosopher) written by leading specialists in the relevant areaa preface by the editors describes anthony kenny's philosophical career, and the volume also includes a complete bibliography of his writingswhile keeping to the highest standards of scholarship and philosophical rigour, the volume aims to be engaging and comprehensible to a wide audience, thus mirroring the clarity and accessibility that are the hallmarks of kenny's own philosophical writings
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Each is clearly distinguised and the arguments for and against each are assessedhe then examines five main types of cognitive relativism: alethic relativism, logical relativism, ontological relativism; epistemological relativism, and relativism about rationalityo'grady offers a welcome survey of recent debates, engaging with the work of davidson, devitt, kuhn, putnam, quine, rorty, searle, winch and wittgenstein, among others, and he offers a distinct position of his own on this hotly contested issuesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreo'grady begins by clarifying what exactly relativism is and how it differs from scepticism and pluralismoxfam bookshop preston the issue of relativism looms large in many contemporary discussions of knowledge, reality, society, religion, culture and genderis truth relative? to what extent is knowledge dependent on context? are there different logics? do different cultures and societies see the world differently? and is reality itself something that is constructed? this book offers a path through these debates
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Keynes deferred to him; he was the only philosopher whom wittgenstein treated as an equaloxfam bookshop preston when he died in aged 26, frank ramsey had already invented one branch of mathematics and two branches of economics, laying the foundations for decision theory and game theorythis amiable shambling bear of a man was an ardent socialist, a believer in free love, and an intimate of the bloomsbury setsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehad he lived he might have been recognized as the most brilliant thinker of the centuryfor the first time cheryl misak tells the full story of his extraordinary life
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Oxfam bookshop canterbury  andre furlani  northwestern university press (30 nova very good copy see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Philosophy of language, inspired by frege, wittgenstein, carnap and tarski, and developed by davidson and dummett, purports to reveal the hidden forms of thought and inferencelanguage, sense and nonsense argues that these influential disciplines are the pseudosciences of the age, grounded in conceptual confusions and protected from ridicule only by a facade of scientific procedure and mathematical sophisticationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe two disciplines agree that the mysteries of the "creativity of language" can only be resolved by constructing a theory of languagescientific investigations now under way will allegedly make clear that a language is a highly complex system of rules which speakers tacitly knowoxfam bookshop preston theoretical linguistics, pioneered by saussure and much influenced by chomsky's ideas, lays claim to revolutionary insights into the nature of language and the mind
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Taking the allegorical figure of the veiled goddess isis as a guide and drawing on the work of both the ancients and later thinkers such as goethe, rilke, wittgenstein and heidegger, hadot traces successive interpretations of heraclitus' wordsnearly twenty-five hundred years ago the greek thinker heraclitus supposedly uttered the cryptic words "phusis kruptesthai philei"green/black boards with gold titlesoxfam books & music winchester 399pp  dust jacket in very good condition with very slight signs of shelf wear  clean and tightly bound with no inscriptions or annotations but with very occasional side-linings in text  (taken from inside the front of the dust jacket) see oxfam website for delivery information read morefine overall, with dj (unclipped "$")  the aphorism, usually translated as "nature loves to hide", has haunted western culture ever since and is the subject of this engaging study by pierre hadot
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