The False Prison: A Study of the Development of Wittgenstein's Philosophy Volume 2

This is the second volume of David Pears's acclaimed study of Wittgenstein's philosophy from the Notebooks and the Tractatus to Philosophical Investigations and other later writings. Dealing with writings from 1929 onward, Volume II provides close discussions of those doctrines and ideas that reveal the general overall structure of Wittgenstein's thought. Designed to fill the gap in the secondary literature between brief introductions and long commentaries, The False Prison relates the general to the particular within a clearly delineated framework, making Wittgenstein's difficult thought more accessible to philosophy students and nonspecialists.


Author: David Pears
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 12/29/1988
Pages: 360
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.43w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9780198244868

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