Insight and Illusion

P. M. S. Hacker

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Author
P. M. S. Hacker
Publish Date
1987-01-15
Subtitle
Themes in the Philosophy of Wittgenstein
Book Type
Hardcover
Number of Pages
340
Publisher Name
Clarendon Press
ISBN-10
0198247834
ISBN-13
9780198247838
citemno
248583
Edition
Revised
SKU
9780198247838

Description

Since the first publication of Insight and Illusion in l972, a wealth of Wittgenstein's writings has become accessible. Accordingly, in this edition Professor Hacker has rewritten six of his eleven original chapters and revised the others to incorporate the new abundant material.Insight and Illusion now fully clarifies the historical backgrounds of Wittgenstein's highly differing masterpices, the Tractatus and the Investigations, and traces the evolution of Wittgenstein's thought. Hacker explains all of Wittgenstein's writings in detail, focusing on his critique of metaphysics, his famous "private language argument," and his account of self consciousness.