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Title Wittgenstein : the philosopher and his works / Alois Pichler, Simo Säätelä (eds)
Edition 2nd ed
Published Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (461 pages)
Series Publications of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society ; n.s., v. 2
Publications of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society ; n.s., v. 2
Contents Wittgenstein and the relation between life and philosophy / Knut Erik Tranøy -- Trying to keep philosophy honest / Lars Hertzberg -- Remarks on Wittgenstein's use of the terms "sinn", "sinnlos", "unsinnig", "wahr", and "gedanke" in the Tractatus / Georg Henrik von Wright -- Wittgenstein's early philosophy of language and the idea of 'the single great problem' / Marie McGinn -- Peter Winch on the Tractatus and the unity of Wittgenstein's philosophy / Cora Diamond -- Wittgenstein's later criticism of the Tractatus / James Conant -- How many Wittgensteins? / David G. Stern -- Taking avowals seriously: the soul a public afffair / Eike von Savigny -- Of knowledge and of knowing that someone is in pain / P.M.S. Hacker -- Wittgenstein and history / Hans-Johann Glock -- Impure reason vindicated / Allan Janik -- Wittgenstein's philosophy of pictures / Kristóf Nyíri -- A case of early Wittgenstein dialogism: stances on the impossibility of "red and green in the same place" / Antonia Soulez -- Wittgenstein: philosophy and literature / Brian McGuinness -- A brief history of Wittgenstein editing / Anthony Kenny -- What is a work by Wittgenstein? / Joachim Schulte -- Evaluating the Bergen Electronic Edition / Herbert Hrachovec -- Wittgenstein in digital form: perspectives for the future / Cameron McEwen
Summary This wide-ranging collection of essays contains eighteen original articles by authors representing some of the most important recent work on Wittgenstein. It deals with questions pertaining to both the interpretation and application of Wittgenstein's thought and the editing of his works. Regarding the latter, it also addresses issues concerning scholarly electronic publishing. The collection is accompanied by a comprehensive introduction which lays out the content and arguments of each contribution. Contributors: Knut Erik Tranøy, Lars Hertzberg, Georg Henrik von Wright, Marie McGinn, Cora Dia
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.
SUBJECT Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951 fast
Subject Philosophers -- Austria -- Biography
Philosophy, Austrian -- 20th century.
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
Philosophers
Philosophy, Austrian
Filosofie.
Austria
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Pichler, Alois
Säätelä, Simo
Österreichische Ludwig Wittgenstein Gesellschaft
ISBN 9783110328912
3110328917
3110328593
9783110328592