How To Read Wittgenstein

Ray Monk

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Granta
01 March 2005

History of Western philosophy; Hobbies, quizzes & games

Series: How to Read

Though Wittgenstein wrote on the same subjects that dominate the work of other analytic philosophers - the nature of logic, the limits of language, the analysis of meaning - he did so in a peculiarly poetic style that separates his work sharply from that of his peers and makes the question of how to read him particularly pertinent. At the root of Wittgenstein's thought, Monk argues, is a determination to resist the scientism characteristic of our age, a determination to insist on the integrity and the autonomy of non-scientific forms of understanding. The kind of understanding we seek in philosophy, Wittgenstein tried to make clear, is similar to the kind we might seek of a person, a piece of music, or, indeed of a poem.

Extracts are taken from Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and from a range of Wittgenstein's posthumously published writings, including Philosophical Investigations, The Blue and Brown Books, On Certainty and Last Writings on the Philosophy of Psychology.

By: Ray Monk
Imprint: Granta
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 200mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 100g
ISBN: 9781862077249
ISBN 10: 186207724X
Series: How to Read
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 01 March 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ray Monk is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton. He is the author of Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius and of a two-volume biography of Bertrand Russell.

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How To Read Wittgenstein

Ray Monk

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