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Blue and Brown BooksISBN 0061312118 (0-06-131211-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blue and Brown Books'Book summary:These works, as the sub-title makes clear, are unfinished sketches for Philosophical Investigations, possibly the most important and influential philosophical work of modern times. The 'Blue Book' is a set of notes dictated to Witgenstein's Cambridge students in 1933-1934: the 'Brown Book' was a draft for what eventually became the growth of the first part of Philosophical Investigations. This book reveals the germination and growth of the ideas which found their final expression in Witgenstein's later work. It is indispensable therefore to students of Witgenstein's thought and to all those who wish to study at first-hand the mental processes of a thinker who fundamentally changed the course of modern philosophy.
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Culture and ValueISBN 0226904350 (0-226-90435-0)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Culture and Value'Book summary:Peter Winch's translation of Wittgenstein's remarks on culture and value presents all entries chronologically, with the German text alongside the English and a subject index for reference.[via]
"It was Wittgenstein's habit to record his thoughts in sequences of more or less closely related 'remarks' which he kept in notebooks throughout his life. The editor of this collection has gone through these notebooks in order to select those 'remarks' which deal with Wittgenstein's views abou the less technical issues in his philosophy. So here we have Wittgenstein's thoughts about religion, music, architecture, the nature of philosophy, the spirit of our times, genius, being Jewish, and so on. The work is a masterpiece by a mastermind."Leonard LinskyMore editions of Culture and Value:
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Last Writings on the Philosophy of Psychology: Preliminary Studies for Part II of Philosophical InvestigationsISBN 0226904253 (0-226-90425-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Last Writings on the Philosophy of Psychology: Preliminary Studies for Part II of Philosophical Investigations'Book summary:This bilingual volumeEnglish and German on facing pagesbrings together the writings Wittgenstein composed during his stay in Dublin between October 1948 and March 1949, one of his most fruitful periods. He later drew more than half of his remarks for Part II of Philosophical Investigations from this Dublin manuscript. A direct continuation of the writing that makes up the two volumes of Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology, this collection offers scholars a glimpse of Wittgenstein's preliminary thinking on one of his most important works.[via]
G. H. von Wright and Heikki Nyman both teach at the University of Helsinki.More editions of Last Writings on the Philosophy of Psychology: Preliminary Studies for Part II of Philosophical Investigations:
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Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr - Last Writings on the Philosophy of Psychology: Preliminary Studies for Part II of Philosophical Investigations: ISBN 0226904253 (0-226-90425-3)
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- Last Writings on the Philosophy of Psychology: Preliminary Studies for Part II of Philosophical Investigations: ISBN 0226904466 (0-226-90446-6)
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Notebooks, 1914-1916ISBN 0226904474 (0-226-90447-4)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Notebooks, 1914-1916'Book summary:This considerably revised second edition of Wittgenstein's 1914-16 notebooks contains a new appendix with photographs of Wittgenstein's original work, a new preface by Elizabeth Anscombe, and a useful index by E.D. Klemke. Corrections have been made throughout the text, and notes have been added, making this the definitive edition of the notebooks. The writings intersperse Wittgenstein's technical logical notations with his thoughts on the meaning of life, happiness, and death.[via]
"When the first edition of this collection of remarks appeared in 1961 we were provided with a glimpse of the workings of Wittgenstein's mind during the period when the seminal ideas of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus were being worked out. This second edition provided the occasion to be struck anew by the breadth, rigor, and above all the restlessness of that mind."T. Michael McNulty, S. J., The Modern SchoolmanMore editions of Notebooks, 1914-1916:
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On Certainty/Uber GewissheitISBN 0061316865 (0-06-131686-5)
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Philosophical Grammar: Part I, the Proposition, and Its Sense, Part Ii, on Logic and MathematicsISBN 0520026640 (0-520-02664-0)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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Philosophical Investigations: The English Text of the Third EditionISBN 0024288101 (0-02-428810-1)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Philosophical Investigations: The English Text of the Third Edition'Book summary:Written by one of the century's truly great thinkers, Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations is a remarkable--and surprisingly approachable--collection of insights, statements, and nearly displayed thinking habits of the philosopher's work on language, symbols, categories, and a host of other topics. Organized into nearly 700 short observations, this book is a treasure trove for anyone who needs to think carefully about objects, categories, and symbols, especially in relation to structured logic applications in computer programming.
The short (and sometimes aphoristic) observations in Philosophical Investigations allow the reader to ponder basic questions on what describes a category, how language works in everyday situations, and how symbols function to represent our world.
Originally a series of notes to himself as he lectured on philosophy, the book is a brilliant grab bag of thought and example. Often framed as a question ("How do I recognize that this is red?"), the philosopher provides short answers in a sentence or two, never more than a paragraph. (The second part of the book uses longer answers of several pages to develop its arguments.) An index lets the reader browse on topics of interest--such as language, concept, games, or naming.
Any artificial intelligence researcher looking to understand human language will be intrigued by Wittgenstein's ideas on how symbols and language operate. And for anyone who designs software with objects, this book's careful attention to thinking about what makes a good category demonstrates rigorous thinking about everyday objects and things. Philosophical Investigations is at times a strange and often wonderful book that reveals the thought processes of one of history's finest minds. It exposes the fundamental problems of using language as a means of teaching machines to think using words. --Richard Dragan
Topics covered: Theory of language and language games, meaning and symbols, concepts and categories, behavior, games (including chess), color, images and perception, grammar and language, sensations, theory of mind and thinking. [via]
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Philosophical RemarksISBN 0226904318 (0-226-90431-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Philosophical Remarks'Book summary:When in May 1930, the Council of Trinity College, Cambridge, had to decide whether to renew Wittgenstein's research grant, it turned to Bertrand Russell for an assessment of the work Wittgenstein had been doing over the past year. His verdict: "The theories contained in this new work . . . are novel, very original and indubitably important. Whether they are true, I do not know. As a logician who likes simplicity, I should like to think that they are not, but from what I have read of them I am quite sure that he ought to have an opportunity to work them out, since, when completed, they may easily prove to constitute a whole new philosophy." "[ Philosophical Remarks ] contains the seeds of Wittgenstein's later philosophy of mind and of mathematics. Principally, he here discusses the role of indispensable in language, criticizing Russell's The Analysis of Mind . He modifies the Tractatus 's picture theory of meaning by stressing that the connection between the proposition and reality is not found in the picture itself. He analyzes generality in and out of mathematics, and the notions of proof and experiment. He formulates a pain/private-language argument and discusses both behaviorism and the verifiability principle. The work is difficult but important, and it belongs in every philosophy collection."-Robert Hoffman, Philosophy "Any serious student of Wittgenstein's work will want to study his Philosophical Remarks as a transitional book between his two great masterpieces. The Remarks is thus indispensible for anyone who seeks a complete understanding of Wittgenstein's philosophy."-Leonard Linsky, American Philosophical Association [via]
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PrototractatusISBN 0415136679 (0-415-13667-9)
Hardcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Prototractatus'Book summary:Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, first published in 1921, has had a profound influence on modern philosophic thought. Prototractatus is a facsimile reproduction of an early version of Tractatus, only discovered in 1965. The original text has a parallel English translation and the text is edited to indicate all relevant deviations from the final version. [via]
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Remarks on Colourby Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein , G. E. Anscombe, Linda L. McAlister, Margarete SchattleISBN 0520033574 (0-520-03357-4)
Hardcover, University of California Press
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Remarks on Frazer's Golden Boughby Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein , G. E. Anscombe, Linda L. McAlister, Margarete SchattleISBN 0391029525 (0-391-02952-5)
Softcover, Brill Academic Pub
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Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematicsby Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein , George H. Von Wright, Rush Rhees, G. E. M. AnscombeISBN 0262730677 (0-262-73067-7)
Softcover, MIT Press
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Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematicsby Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein , George H. Von Wright, Rush Rhees, G. E. M. AnscombeISBN 0262230801 (0-262-23080-1)
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Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychologyby Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein , George H. Von Wright, Rush Rhees, G. E. M. AnscombeISBN 0226904369 (0-226-90436-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology'Book summary:Wittgenstein finished part 1 of the Philosophical Investigations in the spring of 1945. From 1946 to 1949 he worked on the philosophy of psychology almost without interruption. The present two-volume work comprises many of his writings over this period. Some of the remarks contained here were culled for part 2 of the Investigations; others were set aside and appear in the collection known as Zettel. The great majority, however, although of excellent quality, have hitherto remained unpublished.[via]
This bilingual edition of the Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology presents the first English translation of an essential body of Wittegenstein's work. It elaborates Wittgenstein's views on psychological concepts such as expectation, sensation, knowing how to follow a rule, and knowledge of the sensations of other persons. It also shows strong emphasis on the "anthropological" aspect of Wittgenstein's thought. Philosophers, as well as anthropologists, psychologists, and sociologists will welcome this important publication.More editions of Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology:
- Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology: ISBN 0226904377 (0-226-90437-7)
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Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr - Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology: ISBN 0226904342 (0-226-90434-2)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr - Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology: ISBN 0226904369 (0-226-90436-9)
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- Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology: ISBN 0226904377 (0-226-90437-7)
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Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Wittgenstein and the Philosophical Investigationsby Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein , George H. Von Wright, Rush Rhees, G. E. M. AnscombeISBN 0415111900 (0-415-11190-0)
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* Wittgenstein's life, and its connection with his thought
* the text of the Philosophical Investigations
* the importance of Wittgenstein's work to contemporary philosophy. [via]More editions of Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Wittgenstein and the Philosophical Investigations:
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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicusby Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein , George H. Von Wright, Rush Rhees, G. E. M. AnscombeISBN 0486404455 (0-486-40445-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus'Book summary:Perhaps the most important work of philosophy written in the twentieth century, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus was the only philosophical work that Ludwig Wittgenstein published during his lifetime. Written in short, carefully numbered paragraphs of extreme brilliance, it captured the imagination of a generation of philosophers. For Wittgenstein, logic was something we use to conquer a reality which is in itself both elusive and unobtainable. He famously summarized the book in the following words: 'What can be said at all can be said clearly; and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence.' David Pears and Brian McGuinness received the highest praise for their meticulous translation. The work is prefaced by Bertrand Russell's original introduction to the first English edition. [via]
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Wittgenstein Lectures and Conversations on Aestheticby Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein , George H. Von Wright, Rush Rhees, G. E. M. AnscombeISBN 0520013549 (0-520-01354-9)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wittgenstein Lectures and Conversations on Aesthetic'Book summary:In 1938 Wittgenstein delivered a short course of lectures on aesthetics to a small group of students at Cambridge. The present volume has been compiled from notes taken down at the time by three of the students: Rush Rhees, Yorick Smythies, and James Taylor. They have been supplemented by notes of conversations on Freud (to whom reference was made in the course on aesthetics) between Wittgenstein and Rush Rhees, and by notes of some lectures on religious belief. As very little is known of Wittgenstein's views on these subjects from his published works, these notes should be of considerable interest to students of contemporary philosophy. Further, their fresh and informal style should recommend Wittgenstein to those who find his Tractatus and Philosophical Investigations a little formidable.[via]More editions of Wittgenstein Lectures and Conversations on Aesthetic:
Wittgenstein's Lectures: Cambridge, 1932-1935 From the Notes of Alice Ambrose and Margaret MacDonaldby Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein , George H. Von Wright, Rush Rhees, G. E. M. AnscombeISBN 0226904415 (0-226-90441-5)
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Wittgenstein's Lectures on Philosophical Psychology, 1946-47by Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein , Peter T. Geach, Ruth KimberISBN 0226904288 (0-226-90428-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wittgenstein's Lectures on Philosophical Psychology, 1946-47'Book summary:From his return to Cambridge in 1929 to his death in 1951, Ludwig Wittgenstein, who published only one work in his lifetime, influenced philosophy almost exclusively through teaching and discussion. These lecture notes, therefore, are an important record of the development of Wittgenstein's thought; they indicate the interests he maintained in his later years and signal what he considered the salient features of his thinking. Further, the notes from an enlightening addition to his posthumously published writings.[via]
P. T. Geach, A. C. Jackson, and K. J. Shah kept meticulous notes from the last formal course that Wittgenstein taught at Cambridge. In order to reconstruct as accurately as possible the words of Wittgenstein, this volume compiles all three sets of notes with no attempt to conflate or edit them beyond rendering them into lucid English. Topics covered by the notes in this volume include the private language argument, the grammar of sensation statements, certainty and experimentation in psychology, and, in general, the same set of concerns as are to be found in his Last Writings and Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology. The source material provided in these lecture notes is vital to Wittgenstein scholarship.More editions of Wittgenstein's Lectures on Philosophical Psychology, 1946-47:
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Wittgenstein's Lectures on the Foundations of Mathematics, Cambridge, 1939: From the Notes of R.G. Bosanquet, Norman Malcolm, Rush Rhees, and Yorickby Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein , Peter T. Geach, Ruth KimberISBN 0226904261 (0-226-90426-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wittgenstein's Lectures on the Foundations of Mathematics, Cambridge, 1939: From the Notes of R.G. Bosanquet, Norman Malcolm, Rush Rhees, and Yorick'Book summary:For several terms at Cambridge in 1939, Ludwig Wittgenstein lectured on the philosophical foundations of mathematics. A lecture class taught by Wittgenstein, however, hardly resembled a lecture.[via]
He sat on a chair in the middle of the room, with some of the class sitting in chairs, some on the floor. He never used notes. He paused frequently, sometimes for several minutes, while he puzzled out a problem. He often asked his listeners questions and reacted to their replies. Many meetings were largely conversation.
These lectures were attended by, among others, D. A. T. Gasking, J. N. Findlay, Stephen Toulmin, Alan Turing, G. H. von Wright, R. G. Bosanquet, Norman Malcolm, Rush Rhees, and Yorick Smythies. Notes taken by these last four are the basis for the thirty-one lectures in this book.
The lectures covered such topics as the nature of mathematics, the distinctions between mathematical and everyday languages, the truth of mathematical propositions, consistency and contradiction in formal systems, the logicism of Frege and Russell, Platonism, identity, negation, and necessary truth. The mathematical examples used are nearly always elementary.More editions of Wittgenstein's Lectures on the Foundations of Mathematics, Cambridge, 1939: From the Notes of R.G. Bosanquet, Norman Malcolm, Rush Rhees, and Yorick:
Wittgenstein's Lectures, Cambridge, 1930-1932: From the Notes of John King and Desmond Leeby Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein , Peter T. Geach, Ruth KimberISBN 0226904407 (0-226-90440-7)
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Zettelby Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein , Peter T. Geach, Ruth KimberISBN 0520016351 (0-520-01635-1)
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