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Wittgenstein: The Philosopher and his Works

  • Edited by: Alois Pichler and Simo Säätelä
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2006
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This wide-ranging collection of essays contains eighteen original articles by authors representing some of the most important recent work on Wittgenstein. It deals with questions pertaining to both the interpretation and application of Wittgenstein’s thought and the editing of his works. Regarding the latter, it also addresses issues concerning scholarly electronic publishing. The collection is accompanied by a comprehensive introduction which lays out the content and arguments of each contribution. Contributors: Knut Erik Tranøy, Lars Hertzberg, Georg Henrik von Wright, Marie McGinn, Cora Diamond, James Conant, David G. Stern, Eike von Savigny, P.M.S. Hacker, Hans-Johann Glock, Allan Janik, Kristóf Nyíri, Antonia Soulez, Brian McGuinness, Anthony Kenny, Joachim Schulte, Herbert Hrachovec, Cameron McEwen.

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    Note on the second edition

    9
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    Acknowledgements

    11
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    Introduction

    13
    Simo Säätelä and Alois Pichler
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    Wittgenstein and the relation between life and philosophy

    73
    Knut Erik Tranøy
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    Trying to keep philosophy honest

    82
    Lars Hertzberg
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    Remarks on Wittgenstein’s use of the terms “Sinn”, “sinnlos”, “unsinnig”, “wahr”, and “Gedanke” in the Tractatus

    98
    Georg Henrik von Wright
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    Wittgenstein’s early philosophy of language and the idea of ‘the single great problem’

    107
    Marie McGinn
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    Peter Winch on the Tractatus and the unity of Wittgenstein’s philosophy

    141
    Cora Diamond
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    Wittgenstein’s Later Criticism of the Tractatus

    172
    James Conant
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    How many Wittgensteins?

    205
    David G. Stern
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    Taking avowals seriously: The soul a public affair

    230
    Eike von Savigny
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    Of knowledge and of knowing that someone is in pain

    244
    P.M.S. Hacker
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    Wittgenstein and history

    277
    Hans-Johann Glock
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    Impure reason vindicated

    304
    Allan Janik
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    Wittgenstein’s philosophy of pictures

    322
    Kristóf Nyíri
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    A case of early Wittgensteinian dialogism: Stances on the impossibility of “Red and green in the same place”

    354
    Antonia Soulez
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    Wittgenstein: Philosophy and literature

    367
    Brian McGuinness
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    A brief history of Wittgenstein editing

    382
    Anthony Kenny
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    What is a work by Wittgenstein?

    397
    Joachim Schulte
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    Evaluating the Bergen Electronic Edition

    405
    Herbert Hrachovec
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    Wittgenstein in digital form: Perspectives for the future

    418
    Cameron McEwen
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    Bibliography and reference system

    431
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    Authors and Abstracts

    440
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    The editors

    455
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    Name index

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eBook published on:
May 2, 2013
eBook ISBN:
9783110328912
Hardcover published on:
July 15, 2006
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110328592
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461
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110328912
eBook ISBN: 9783110328912
Hardcover ISBN: 9783110328592
Keywords for this book
Philosophie; Sprachphilosophie; Wittgenstein
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