The false prison : a study of the development of Wittgenstein's philosophy

Author(s)

• Pears, David Francis

Bibliographic Information

The false prison : a study of the development of Wittgenstein's philosophy

David Pears

Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1987-1988

• v. 1
• v. 1 : pbk
• v. 2
• v. 2 : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographies and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 2 : pbk ISBN 9780198244868

Description

This is the second of two volumes which describe the development of Wittgenstein's philosophy from the "Notebooks" and the "Tractatus" to "Philosophical Investigations" and his other later writings. This volume covers his later philosophy from 1929 onwards. It traces two lines of thought, one starting from the treatment of solipsism in the "Tractatus" and the other developing out of the early theory of language proposed in that book. The work as a whole is designed to fill a gap in the literature on Wittgenstein, and the doctrines and ideas chosen for close discussion are those which the author believes reveal the general structure of Wittgenstein's thought. Pears aims to relate the general to the particular within a clearly delineated framework, thereby hoping to make Wittgenstein more accessible to students of philosophy and to non-specialists. Volume I and II form a continuous study of Wittgenstein's philosophy, but they are designed to be read independently of each other.

Table of Contents

• Inside the later system: transition
• the exemplary treatment of the ego
• the first attempt to extend the treatment of the ego to sensations and their types - reactions to phenomenalism
• - other minds
• the private language argument of "Philosophical Investigations"
• the disabling defect of a private language
• the structure of the private language argument
• rule-following - meaning and doing
• - the rejection of the Platonic Theory in "Philosophical Investigations"
• the next problem.

Volume

v. 2 ISBN 9780198244875

Description

This is the second of two volumes which describe the development of Wittgenstein's philosophy from the Notebooks and the Tractatus to Philosophical Investigations and his other later writings. This volume covers his later writings from 1929 onwards. The work as a whole fills a gap in the literature on Wittgenstein between brief introductions and long commentaries. The doctrines and ideas chosen for close discussion are those which reveal the general structure of Wittgenstein's thought. Readers of Wittgenstein concentrate on the details of his work, but often find it difficult to see their place in the overall pattern. This book relates the general to the particular within a clearly delineated framework, thereby making Wittgenstein more accessible to students of philosophy and to non-specialists.

Table of Contents

• Inside the later system: transition
• the exemplary treatment of the ego
• the first attempt to extend the treatment of the ego to sensations and their types - reactions to phenomenalism
• - other minds
• the private language argument of "Philosophical Investigations"
• the disabling defect of a private language
• the structure of the private language argument
• rule-following - meaning and doing
• - the rejection of the Platonic Theory in "Philosophical Investigations"
• the next problem.

Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9780198247715

Description

The author presents the general and the particular within a relatively constant framework, thereby making Wittgenstein's thought more accessible to students of philosophy and to non-specialists.

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Details

• NCID: BA01196025
• ISBN:
  • 0198247710
  • 0198247702
  • 0198244878
  • 019824486X
• LCCN: 87005566
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford, [Oxfordshire],New York
• Pages/Volumes: 2 v.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : B3376.W564
  • DC19 : 192
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951