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9780521803977

Wittgenstein: Biography and Philosophy

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    9780521803977

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    0521803977

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-08-13
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

This collection of new essays deals with the relationship between Wittgenstein's life and his philosophy. The first two essays reflect on general problems inherent in philosophical biography itself. The essays that follow draw on recently published letters as well as recently published diaries from the 1930s to explore Wittgenstein's background as an engineer and its relation to the Tractatus, the impact of his schizoid personality on his approach to philosophy, his role as a diarist, letter-writer and polemicist, and finally the complex issue of Wittgenstein as a Jew. Written by a first-rate team of Wittgenstein scholars including two published biographers of the philosopher, Brian McGuinness and Ray Monk, this collection will appeal to anyone with a serious interest in the most influential philosopher of the twentieth century.

Table of Contents

Contributors vii
Editor's Preface ix
James C. Klagge
Biography and Philosophy 1(50)
Philosophical Biography: The Very Idea
3(13)
Ray Monk
Philosophy and Biography
16(35)
James Conant
Wittgenstein 51(2)
Wittgenstein and the Mind's Eye
53(45)
Kelly Hamilton
Deep Disquietudes: Reflections on Wittgenstein as Antiphilosopher
98(58)
Louis Sass
The Sleepy Philosopher: How to Read Wittgenstein's Diaries
156(20)
Alfred Nordmann
Letters from a Philosopher
176(19)
Joachim Schulte
Wittgenstein and Reason
195(26)
Hans-Johann Glock
Wittgenstein and the Idea of Jewishness
221(16)
Brian McGuinness
Was Wittgenstein a Jew?
237
David Stern

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