Clear and Queer Thinking: Wittgenstein's Development and His Relevance to Modern ThoughtLaurence Goldstein gives a straightforward and lively account of some of the central themes of Wittgenstein's writings on meaning, mind, and mathematics. He does this both by drawing on Wittgenstein's work to show how his thinking developed over time and by helping the reader gain some impression of what a strange character Wittgenstein was--for how he was is intimately related to how and what he wrote. |
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... positions , not in the sense of being midway between them , but in the sense of revealing and rejecting presupposi- tions common to both . He fought the temptation to give alternative theories , for he came to think that there is no ...
... positions , not in the sense of being midway between them , but in the sense of revealing and rejecting presupposi- tions common to both . He fought the temptation to give alternative theories , for he came to think that there is no ...
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... position , but very often he is just , as he once put it , having a conversation with himself , tête à tête . Like ... positions that are taken in the Tractatus and rejected in Wittgenstein's 2 Clear and Queer Thinking.
... position , but very often he is just , as he once put it , having a conversation with himself , tête à tête . Like ... positions that are taken in the Tractatus and rejected in Wittgenstein's 2 Clear and Queer Thinking.
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... position to rule a state justly . Wittgenstein too accords the philosopher an elevated status . He holds that ' working in philosophy ... is really a working on oneself ' , a painful process which few can undertake , and one which ...
... position to rule a state justly . Wittgenstein too accords the philosopher an elevated status . He holds that ' working in philosophy ... is really a working on oneself ' , a painful process which few can undertake , and one which ...
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Dimensionen menschlicher Sinnstiftung in der Praxis: zwischen Erkenntnis ... Isabella Breier No preview available - 2006 |