Wittgenstein in exile / James C. Klagge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klagge, James Carl, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, German.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Klagge draws on the full range of evidence, including Wittgenstein's published work, correspondence, lectures, and conversations to place Wittgenstein's work in a broad context along a trajectory of thought that includes Job, Goethe, and Dostoyevsky.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

1 No One Understands Me

2 Can We Understand Wittgenstein?

3 What Is Understanding?

4 Exile

5 Alienation or Engagement

6 The Work of Exile

7 Philosophy and Science

8 The Evolution of an Idea

9 Science and the Mind

10 Das erlösende Wort

11 Wittgenstein in the Twenty-First Century

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-262-30012-5

1-283-30292-6

9786613302922

0-262-30011-7

OCLC:

756501415

Publisher Number:

9780262300117