Notebooks, 1914-1916 / Edition 2

by Ludwig Wittgenstein, G. E. M. Anscombe, G. H. von Wright

Overview

This considerably revised second edition of Wittgenstein's 1914-16 notebooks contains a new appendix with photographs of Wittgenstein's original work, a new preface by Elizabeth Anscombe, and a useful index by E.D. Klemke. Corrections have been made throughout the text, and notes have been added, making this the definitive edition of the notebooks. The writings intersperse Wittgenstein's technical logical notations with his thoughts on the meaning of life, happiness, and death.

"When the first edition of this collection of remarks appeared in 1961 we were provided with a glimpse of the workings of Wittgenstein's mind during the period when the seminal ideas of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus were being worked out. This second edition provided the occasion to be struck anew by the breadth, rigor, and above all the restlessness of that mind."--T. Michael McNulty, S. J., The Modern Schoolman

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226904474
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	01/15/1984
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	234
Sales rank:	841,761
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was arguably the most influential philosopher of the twentieth century. He was born in Vienna, but studied and practiced philosophy in Great Britain. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Cambridge from 1939 until 1947. He worked in--and transformed--the fields of logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language.


G. H. von Wright and Heikki Nyman both teach at the University of Helsinki.