ROUTLEDGE PHILOSOPHY GUIDEBOOK TO WITTGENSTEIN AND THE TRACTATUS (P/B)

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This is an excellent book: it provides the clear and direct exposition that students need, at the same time as conveying a sense of the depth, the importance, and the interest of Wittgenstein's text. Morris sheds new light on some of the most important issues for interpreting the Tractatus, and his treatment of them is clearly informed by a deep fascination with Wittgenstein's thought that will carry first-time students on to further work as well as appealing to more experienced readers. (. . .) Ludwig Wittgenstein is the most influential philosopher of the twentieth century. The Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is arguably his most widely read work yet remains one of the most cryptic and controversial philosophy books ever written. With its profound insights into the nature of language, reality and representation it has inspired not only philosophers but also writers and musicians. "Wittgenstein and the Tractatus" introduces and accesses: -Wittgenstein's life and the background to the Tractatus, -the ideas and text of the Tractatus, -the continuing importance of Wittgenstein's work to philosophy today. A much-needed guide to a widely studied text, "The Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Wittgenstein and the Tractatus" is essential reading for all students of Wittgenstein, philosophy of language and metaphysics. (ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΣΗ ΣΤΟ ΟΠΙΣΘΟΦΥΛΛΟ ΤΟΥ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΥ)

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Preface
Introduction
The nature of the world
The legacy of Frege and Russell
The general theory of representation
Sentences as models
Logic and compound sentences
Solipsism, idealism, and realism
Metaphysics, ethics, and the limits of philosophy
Appendix: The substance argument
Notes
Bibliography
Index of passages in The Tractatus
General index