Wittgenstein in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes - Their Lives & Work)  -  Paul Strathern

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If we accept Wittgenstein's word for it, he is the last philosopher. In his view, philosophy in the traditional sense was finished. Ludwig Wittgenstein was a superb logician who distrusted language and sought to solve the problems of philosophy by reducing them to logic. All else--metaphysics, aesthetics, ethics, finally even philosophy itself--was excluded. "What we cannot speak about," he declared, "we must pass over in silence." In Wittgenstein in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert accou...
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1996 Uitgever: Constable 80 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0094759707 ISBN-13: 9780094759701