Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Wittgenstein and the Tractatus
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
| Author: | Michael Morris | ISBN: | 9781134248391 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | October 27, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Michael Morris |
| ISBN: | 9781134248391 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | October 27, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
