The enchantment of words : Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus /

Recent years have seen a great revival of interest in Wittgenstein's early masterpiece, the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. The Enchantment of Words is a study of that book, offering novel readings of all its major themes and shedding light on issues in metaphysics, ethics and the philosophies...

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Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
1. Verfasser:
McManus, Denis
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Zusammenfassung:
Recent years have seen a great revival of interest in Wittgenstein's early masterpiece, the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. The Enchantment of Words is a study of that book, offering novel readings of all its major themes and shedding light on issues in metaphysics, ethics and the philosophies of mind, language, and logic. McManus argues that Wittgenstein's aim in this deeply puzzling work is to show that the 'intelligibility of thought' and the 'meaningfulness of language', which logical truths would delimit and metaphysics and the philosophy of mind and language would explain, are issues con
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiv, 268 pages)
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [258]-264) and index.
ISBN:
0-19-161503-X
0-19-958552-0
1-280-87010-9
9786610870103
0-19-153708-X
1-4356-1942-0
Schlagworte:
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, > 1889-1951. > Tractatus logico-philosophicus.
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