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Philosophical Investigations (Hardcover)
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Philosophical Investigations (Hardcover)
Series: The Macat Library
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Many still consider Ludwig Wittgenstein's 1953 Philosophical
Investigations to be one of the breakthrough works of
twentieth-century philosophy. The book sets out a radically new
conception of philosophy itself, and demonstrates all the
attributes of a fine analytical mind. Taking an argument from Plato
and subjecting it to detailed (and very clear) analysis,
Wittgenstein shows his understanding of how the sequence and
function of differing parts of a highly-complex argument can be
broken down and assessed. In so doing, he reaches a logical
position of simultaneous agreement and disagreement with Plato's
philosophical position. Philosophical Investigations is also a
powerful example of the skill of interpretation. Philosophical
problems often arise from confusions in the use of language - and
the way to solve these problems, Wittgenstein posits, is by
clarifying language use. He argues that philosophers must study
ordinary uses of language and examine how people use it as a tool
in their everyday lives. In this highly-interpretative way, the
meaning of a word or sentence becomes relative to the context
(people, culture, community) in which it is used. Rather than
debate abstract problems, Wittgenstein urges philosophers to
concern themselves with ordinary life and the concrete situations
in which humans find themselves.
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