Lectures & conversations on aesthetics, psychology and religious belief

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Lectures & conversations on aesthetics, psychology and religious belief

L. Wittgenstein ; compiled from notes taken by Yorick Smythies, Rush Rhees and James Taylor ; edited by Cyril Barrett

University of California Press, c1967

  • : pbk.

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Description based on 2nd California paperback, 2007

"Anniversary 40th edition"--Cover of 2nd california paperback

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Description

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.

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  • NCID
    BA83574361
  • ISBN
    • 9780520251816
  • LCCN
    66019347
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Berkeley, Calif.
  • Pages/Volumes
    72 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
  • Classification
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