Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus may be the most important book of philosophy written during the twentieth century. Wittgensteinâs writing style is clear, succinct, and accessible. Bertrand Russell claimed that "I cannot see any point...
Published originally in 1921 this book is considered one of the most important philosophical works of the 20th century. This discussion on philosophical thought can be summed up in this quote from the beginning of the book. "what can be said at all...
Written over the last 18 months of his life and inspired by his interest in G. E. Moore's defence of common sense, this much discussed volume collects Wittgenstein's reflections on knowledge and certainty, on what it is to know a proposition for...
Perhaps the most important work of philosophy written in the twentieth century, "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus was the only philosophical work that Ludwig Wittgenstein published during his lifetime. Written in short, carefully numbered paragraphs...
"Man konnte den ganzen Sinn des Buches etwa in die Worte fassen: was sich überhaupt sagen läßt, läßt sich klar sagen; und wovon man nicht reden kann, darüber muß man schweigen. Das Buch will also dem Denken eine...
For Wittgenstein, philosophy was an on-going activity. Only in his dialog with the philosophical community and in his private moments does Wittgensteinâs philosophical practice fully come to light.
This brings for the first time over one hundred short essays in philosophical logic and the philosophy of mind. It is an invaluable introduction to Wittgenstein's 'later philosophy'.