The enchantment of words : Wittgenstein's Tractatus logico-philosophicus / Denis McManus.
The enchantment of words : Wittgenstein's Tractatus logico-philosophicus / Denis McManus.
The enchantment of words : Wittgenstein's Tractatus logico-philosophicus / Denis McManus.
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New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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2006.
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N192/169
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xiv, 268 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Some historical preliminaries -- 3. Objects, names, facts, and propositions -- 4. The method of the Tractatus -- 5. The picture analogy -- 6. Logical and ontological types -- 7. The supposed 'con-formity' of language and world -- 8. Subjectivity -- 9. Objects revisited -- 10. M...
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New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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New York (State)
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2006.
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"Recent years have seen a great revival of interest in Wittgenstein's early masterpiece, the Tractatus Logic-Philosophicus. The Enchantment of Words is a study of that book, offering novel readings of all of its major themes and shedding light on issues in metaphysics, ethics, and the philosophies of mind, language, and logic. McManus argues that W...
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The enchantment of words : Wittgenstein's Tractatus logico-philosophicus / Denis McManus.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [258]-264) and index.
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019928802X (alk. paper)
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192
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991021834139702626
