{"product_id":"wittgenstein-s-on-certainty-9781405134248","title":"Wittgenstein s On Certainty","description":"Rush Rhees, a close friend of Wittgenstein and a major interpreter of his work, shows how Wittgenstein's \u003ci\u003eOn Certainty\u003c\/i\u003e concerns logic, language, and reality - topics that occupied Wittgenstein since early in his career.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eAuthoritative interpretation of Wittgenstein's last great work, \u003ci\u003eOn Certainty\u003c\/i\u003e, by one of his closest friends.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDebunks misconceptions about Wittgenstein's \u003ci\u003eOn Certainty\u003c\/i\u003e and shows that it is an essay on logic.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExposes the continuity in Wittgenstein's thought, and the radical character of his conclusions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains a substantial and illuminating afterword discussing current scholarship surrounding \u003ci\u003eOn Certainty\u003c\/i\u003e, and its relationship to Rhees's work on this subject.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rush Rhees\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781405134248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRush Rhees\u003c\/b\u003e (1905-89) was one of Wittgenstein's closest friends and his literary executor. He taught at Swansea from 1940 to 1966. Amongst Wittgenstein's posthumous works edited by Rhees are \u003ci\u003eRemarks on the Foundations of Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e (1956), \u003ci\u003eBlue and Brown Books\u003c\/i\u003e (1958), \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Remarks\u003c\/i\u003e (1964), \u003ci\u003eLecture On Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (1965) and \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Grammar\u003c\/i\u003e (1969). Rhees is also the author of Discussions of Wittgenstein (1970, 1996) and Wittgenstein and the Possibility of Discourse (1998).\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eD. Z. Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus and Rush Rhees Professor Emeritus at the University of Wales, Swansea, and Danworth Professor of the Philosophy of Religion at Claremont Graduate School, California. He has published widely in the philosophy of religion and ethics; some of his more recent books include \u003ci\u003eInterventions in Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), \u003ci\u003eWittgenstein and Religion\u003c\/i\u003e (1993) and Religion and the Hermeneutics of Contemplation (2001). He is also editor of the Blackwell journal \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Investigations\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44306080727155,"sku":"9781405134248","price":71.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_20421ac4-09fd-4217-95d6-20c23d8e4872.jpg?v=1770989856","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/wittgenstein-s-on-certainty-9781405134248","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}