Wittgenstein in Cambridge

Wittgenstein in Cambridge
Author: Brian McGuinness
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2012-04-30
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1444350897

This volume collects the most substantial correspondence and documents relating to Wittgenstein's long association with Cambridge between the years 1911 and his death in 1951, including the letters he exchanged with his most illustrious Cambridge contemporaries Russell, Keynes, Moore, and Ramsey (and previously published as Cambridge Letters). Now expanded to include 200 previously unpublished letters and documents, including correspondence between Wittgenstein and the economist Piero Sraffa, and between Wittgenstein and his pupils Includes extensive editorial annotations Provides a fascinating and intimate insight into Wittgenstein's life and thought

The Cambridge Companion to Wittgenstein

The Cambridge Companion to Wittgenstein
Author: Hans Sluga
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 533
Release: 2018
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 110712025X

Updated edition of this important book, charting the development of Wittgenstein's philosophy of the mind, language, logic, and mathematics.

Wittgenstein's Tractatus

Wittgenstein's Tractatus
Author: Alfred Nordmann
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2005-08-25
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780521850865

This introduction, first published in 2005, considers the philosophical and literary aspects of Wittgenstein's 'Tractatus' and shows how they are related.

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Cambridge Letters

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Cambridge Letters
Author: Brian McGuinness
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages: 349
Release: 1995
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780631190158

The discovery, in various quarters, of hitherto unknown letters exchanged between Wittgenstein and the chief of his Cambridge friends provides the basis for this new and profoundly revealing collection. Wittgenstein appears in turn shy and affectionate, fierce and censorious, happy to collaborate and sure of his own judgement. Four quarrels and four reconciliations are documented. Wittgenstein's struggles to publish his Tractatus may be followed, as well as his retreat from the world, his being wooed back to philosophy by Keynes and Ramsey, and his plans to leave philosophy. The accompanying editorial notes are based on archival material not previously explored. Taken together, the correspondence provides an intriguing insight into Wittgenstein's life and thought, and will be essential reading for students and scholars.

Wittgenstein and Davidson on Language, Thought, and Action

Wittgenstein and Davidson on Language, Thought, and Action
Author: Claudine Verheggen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2017-10-05
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1107093767

Wittgenstein and Davidson are two of the most influential and controversial figures of twentieth-century philosophy. However, whereas Wittgenstein is often regarded as a deflationary philosopher, Davidson is considered to be a theory builder and systematic philosopher par excellence. Consequently, little work has been devoted to comparing their philosophies with each other. In this volume of new essays, leading scholars show that in fact there is much that the two share. By focusing on the similarities between Wittgenstein and Davidson, their essays present compelling defences of their views and develop more coherent and convincing approaches than either philosopher was able to propose on his own. They show how philosophically fruitful and constructive reflection on Wittgenstein and Davidson continues to be, and how relevant the writings of both philosophers are to current debates in philosophy of mind, language, and action.

Practical Action

Practical Action
Author: Albert Ogien
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2018-10-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1527517926

This book delineates a pluralist and dynamic model of practical action which thoughtfully takes into account the reflexive conception of agency that is, by and large, prevailing in current social sciences research. Such a model will challenge the one the cognitive sciences have rather successfully imposed on our understanding of the relationship between knowledge and action. To make this model available, the book compares Wittgenstein’s theses on knowing, the pragmatist outlook on inquiry and the analysis of action in common offered by interactionist sociology. It thus shows how an integrated theory of practical action would warrant a radically contextual conception of human individual and collective behaviour.

Wittgenstein on Philosophy, Objectivity, and Meaning

Wittgenstein on Philosophy, Objectivity, and Meaning
Author: James Conant
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2019-08-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1107194156

Provides new interpretations and applications of Wittgenstein's philosophy in relation to fundamental issues in contemporary theoretical debates.

Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations

Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations
Author: David G. Stern
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2004-10-21
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780521891325

In this new introduction to a classic philosophical text, David Stern examines Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. He gives particular attention to both the arguments of the Investigations and the way in which the work is written, especially the role of dialogue in the book. While he concentrates on helping the reader to arrive at his or h er own interpretation of the primary text, he also provides guidance to the unusually wide range of existing interpretations, and to the reasons why the Investigations have inspired such a diversity of readings.

Ludwig Wittgenstein: Dictating Philosophy

Ludwig Wittgenstein: Dictating Philosophy
Author: Arthur Gibson
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2020-12-13
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3030360873

In this volume we witness Wittgenstein in the act of composing and experimenting with his new visions in philosophy. The book includes key explanations of the origin and background of these previously unknown manuscripts. It investigates how Wittgenstein’s philosophical thought-processes are revealed in his dictation to, as well as his editing and revision with Francis Skinner, in the latter’s role of amanuensis. The book displays a considerable wealth and variety of Wittgenstein’s fundamental experiments in philosophy across a wide array of subjects that include the mind, pure and applied mathematics, metaphysics, the identities of ordinary and creative language, as well as intractable problems in logic and life. He also periodically engages with the work of Newton, Fermat, Russell and others. The book shows Wittgenstein strongly battling against the limits of understanding and the bewitchment of institutional and linguistic customs. The reader is drawn in by Wittgenstein as he urges us to join him in his struggles to equip us with skills, so that we can embark on devising new pathways beyond confusion. This collection of manuscripts was posted off by Wittgenstein to be considered for publication during World War 2, in October 1941. None of it was published and it remained hidden for over two generations. Upon its rediscovery, Professor Gibson was invited to research, prepare and edit the Archive to appear as this book, encouraged by Trinity College Cambridge and The Mathematical Association. Niamh O’Mahony joined him in co-editing and bringing this book to publication.