The false prison : a study of the development of Wittgenstein's philosophy. Volume II / David Pears.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pears, David, 1921-2009.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Philosophy.

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 541 pages)

Other Title:

Study of the development of Wittgenstein's philosophy

Place of Publication:

Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the second of two volumes which study the development of Wittgenstein's philosophy. It covers the work that he did after 1929 and traces two lines of thought, one starting from the treatment of solipsism in 'Tractatus', the other developing from the theory of language proposed in that book.

Contents:

Preface

Contents

Abbreviations

PART III: INSIDE THE LATER SYSTEM

9. Transition

10. The Exemplary Treatment of the Ego

11. The First Attempt to Extend the Treatment of the Ego to Sensations and their Types: Reactions to Phenomenalism

12. The First Attempt to Extend the Treatment of the Ego to Sensations and their Types: Other Minds

13. The Private Language Argument of Philosophical Investigations

14. The Disabling Defect of a Private Language

15. The Structure of the Private Language Argument

16. Rule-following: Meaning and Doing

17. Rule-following: The Rejection of the Platonic Theory in Philosophical Investigations18. The Next Problem

Bibliography

Index

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K

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T

V

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

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ISBN:

0-19-159821-6

9786612006869

1-282-00686-X

0-19-151981-2

OCLC:

922953920