Philosophical Investigations
The Philosophical Investigations of Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) present his own distillation of two decades of intense work on the philosophies of mind, language and meaning.
The Philosophical Investigations of Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) present his own distillation of two decades of intense work on the philosophies of mind, language and meaning.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780631231271 (0631231277)
Publish date: January 15th 2001
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
Pages no: 246
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Academic,
School,
Reference,
Humanities,
Language,
Philosophy,
Theory,
Metaphysics,
Logic
I couldn't possibly do Philosophical Investigations justice in a review. Even though I've read it several times, I don't understand more than a fraction of it. The unworthy thought does sometimes cross my mind that its author didn't understand it either, but you understand I'm just jealous because I...
An offline discussion with Simon Evnine prompted me to reread the first few sections of this book, which I hadn't looked at in ages. They inspired the following short story:Wang's First Day on the JobWang is a Chinese construction worker who's just arrived in the US. He doesn't know a word of Englis...