Wittgenstein - Understanding And Meaning 2e - Volume 1 of an Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations, Part II: Exegesis (Paperback, 2nd Edition)

This is a much revised and extended new edition of "Part II" of the first volume of the monumental four-volume "Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations."Takes into account much new material that was unavailable when the first edition was writtenFollowing Baker's death in 2002, P.M.S. Hacker has rewritten many sections of exegesis completely"Part II: Exegesis 1-184" has been thoroughly revised in the light of the electronic publication of Wittgenstein's "Nachlass," and includes many new interpretations of the remarks, a history of the composition of the "Philosophical Investigations" and an overview of its structureThe accompanying "Part I: Essays" now includes two completely new essays: 'Meaning and Use' and 'The Recantation of a Metaphysician'; the essays: 'The Augustinian Conception of Language', 'The Language-Game Method', 'Contextual Dicta and Contextual Principles', 'Philosophy', 'Surveyability and Surveyable Representations', and 'Truth and the General Propositional Form' are redrafted and expanded, incorporating new source materials and new arguments, as well as taking into account debates of the last quarter of a centuryThe revisions will ensure that this remains the definitive reference work on Wittgenstein's masterpiece for the foreseeable future

General

Imprint:	Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2009
First published:	December 2009
Authors:	G. Baker
Dimensions:	229 x 151 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	363
Edition:	2nd Edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4051-9925-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4051-9925-3
Barcode:	9781405199254

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