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A Companion to Wittgenstein
Hans-Johann Glock (Edited by), H–J Glock (Author), John Hyman (Edited by)
9781119307945, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 1 August 2025
816 pages
25.2 x 17 x 4.3 cm, 1.588 kg
A COMPANION TO WITTGENSTEIN The most comprehensive survey of Wittgenstein's thought yet compiled, this volume of fifty newly commissioned essays by leading interpreters of his philosophy is a keynote addition to the Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series. Full of penetrating insights into the life and work of the most important philosopher of the twentieth century, the collection explores the full range of Wittgenstein’s contribution to philosophy. It includes essays on his intellectual development, his work in logic and mathematics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind and action, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of religion, and much else. As well as examining Wittgenstein’s contribution to human understanding in detail, the Companion features vital contextual analysis that traces the relationship between his ideas and those of other philosophers and schools of thought, including the Aristotelian and continental philosophical traditions. Authors also address prominent themes that remain current in today’s philosophical debates, explaining Wittgenstein’s continuing legacy alongside his historical significance. Essential reading for scholars of philosophy at all levels, A Companion to Wittgenstein combines engaging commentary with unrivaled academic authority.
List of Contributors ix Acknowledgments xiii Wittgenstein’s Published Works in Order of Composition xiv Introduction 1 Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Sketch of His Life 5 Part I Introductory 21 1. Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Development 23 2. Wittgenstein’s Texts and Style 41 Part II Influences 57 3. Wittgenstein and Schopenhauer 59 4. Wittgenstein and Frege 74 5. Wittgenstein and Russell 92 6. Wittgenstein, Hertz, and Boltzmann 110 Part III Early Philosophy 125 7. Logical Atomism 127 8. The Picture Theory 141 9. Wittgenstein on Solipsism 159 10. Resolute Readings of the Tractatus 175 11. Ineffability and Nonsense in the Tractatus 195 12. Metaphysics: From Ineffability to Normativity 209 Part IV Philosophy and Grammar 229 13. Philosophy and Philosophical Method 231 14. Grammar and Grammatical Statements 252 15. The Autonomy of Grammar 269 16. Surveyability 278 Part V Logic and Mathematics 291 17. Logic and the Tractatus 293 18. Wittgenstein’s Early Philosophy of Mathematics 305 19. Wittgenstein’s Later Philosophy of Mathematics 319 20. Wittgenstein and Antirealism 332 21. Necessity and Apriority 346 Part VI Language 359 22. Names and Ostensive Definitions 361 23. Meaning and Understanding 375 24. Rules and Rule-Following 390 25. Vagueness and Family Resemblance 407 26. Languages, Language-Games, and Forms of Life 420 27. Wittgenstein on Truth 433 Part VII Mind and Action 443 28. Privacy and Private Language 445 29. The Inner and the Outer 465 30. Wittgenstein on “I” and the Self 478 31. Wittgenstein on Action and the Will 491 32. Wittgenstein on Intentionality 502 33. Wittgenstein on Seeing Aspects 517 34. Wittgenstein on Color 533 Part VIII Epistemology 545 35. Wittgenstein on Knowledge and Certainty 547 36. Wittgenstein on Skepticism 563 37. Wittgenstein on Causation and Induction 576 38. Wittgenstein and Philosophy of Science 587 Part IX Ethics, Aesthetics, and Religion 603 39. Wittgenstein and Ethics 605 40. Wittgenstein and Aesthetics 612 41. Wittgenstein and Anthropology 627 42. Wittgenstein and Philosophy of Religion 639 43. Wittgenstein and Psychoanalysis 651 Part X Philosophical Schools and Traditions 667 44. Wittgenstein and the Aristotelian Tradition 669 45. Wittgenstein and Kantianism 682 46. Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle 699 47. Wittgenstein and Ordinary Language Philosophy 718 48. Wittgenstein and Pragmatism 731 49. Wittgenstein and Naturalism 746 50. Wittgenstein and Continental Philosophy 757 Index 771
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