Ludwig Wittgenstein's surviving notebooks serve to show what problems were occupying him in connection with many of the paragraphs of the Tractatus which are found in them as a first draft. They serve as a testimony to the thought processes of the Austrian philosopher.
This substantially revised edition of Wittgenstein's Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics contains one section, an essay of fifty pages, not previously published, as well as considerable additions to others sections.
Containing examples, analogies, questions and challenges, this book sheds light on Wittgenstein's discussions.
In the last years of his life, from 1949 to 1951, Wittgensteina s writings focused upon knowledge and certainty... Læs mere
The most complete edition yet published of Wittgenstein s 1929 lecture includes a never-before published first draft and makes fresh claims for its significance in Wittgenstein s oeuvre.
Offers unfinished sketches for "Philosophical Investigations". This title contains: The "Blue Book" - A set of notes... Læs mere
Written over the last 18 months of his life and inspired by his interest in G E Moore's defence of common sense, this volume collects Wittgenstein's reflections on knowledge and certainty, on what it is to know a proposition for sure.