The Great Philosophers: Wittgenstein
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- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
11 January 2021
Summary
Unmasking the Mind: A Journey Through Wittgenstein’s Philosophy
Wittgenstein famously said, “Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.”
He revolutionized philosophical thought on our internal world, challenging centuries of assumptions about subjective experience and self-knowledge. Wittgenstein equally scrutinized our understanding of the external world, particularly human behavior, and the intricate relationship between the inner and outer realms.
This enga…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474616775 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474616771 |
| Series: | GREAT PHILOSOPHERS |
| Author: | Peter Hacker |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 11 January 2021 |
| Weight: | 70g |
| Dimensions: | 176mm x 110mm x 14mm |
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Peter Hacker
Peter Hacker is the leading authority on the philosophy of Wittgenstein. He is Emeritus Fellow at St John’s College, Oxford University, where he was a Tutorial Fellow in philosophy from 1966 to 2006 and he holds an honorary professorship at the Institute of Neurology, University College, London. He has held visiting chairs in North America and both British Academy and Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships. He is the author of twenty four books and over 160 papers, and has written extensively on the philosophy of Wittgenstein, the history of analytic philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, cognitive neuroscience, and has recently completed a tetralogy on human nature.
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