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Wittgenstein's "On Certainty"
Rhees, Rush. Ed(S): Phillips, Professor D. Z.
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Description for Wittgenstein's "On Certainty"
Even admirers of Wittgenstein's work have been puzzled by his last work, "On Certainty". In this book, Rush Rhees shows how Wittgenstein's "On Certainty" concerns logic, language, and reality - topics that occupied Wittgenstein since early in his career. Editor(s): Phillips, Professor D. Z. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
Rush Rhees, a close friend of Wittgenstein and a major interpreter of his work, shows how Wittgenstein's On Certainty concerns logic, language, and reality – topics that occupied Wittgenstein since early in his career.
Rush Rhees, a close friend of Wittgenstein and a major interpreter of his work, shows how Wittgenstein's On Certainty concerns logic, language, and reality – topics that occupied Wittgenstein since early in his career.
- Authoritative interpretation of Wittgenstein's last great work, On Certainty, by one of his closest friends.
- Debunks misconceptions about Wittgenstein's On Certainty and shows that it is an essay on logic.
- Exposes the continuity in Wittgenstein's thought, and the radical character of his conclusions.
- Contains a substantial and illuminating afterword discussing current ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781405105798
SKU
V9781405105798
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99-15
About Rhees, Rush. Ed(S): Phillips, Professor D. Z.
Rush Rhees (1905–89) was one of Wittgenstein’s closest friends and his literary executor. He taught at Swansea from 1940 to 1966. Amongst Wittgenstein’s posthumous works edited by Rhees are Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics (1956), Blue and Brown Books (1958), Philosophical Remarks (1964), Lecture On Ethics (1965) and Philosophical Grammar (1969). Rhees is also the author of Discussions of ... Read more
Reviews for Wittgenstein's "On Certainty"
"This book contains illuminating remarks and a novel perspective on an important and widely discussed classic. And it has a special authority, being the work of one of the author’s best students and closest friends." William Brenner, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia "This book contains two remarkable and original contributions by Rush Rhees and D. Z. Phillips to ... Read more