On Certainty (Harper Perennial Modern Thought) (English and German Edition)
Ludwig Wittgenstein; G.E.M. Anscombe [Editor]; G.H. von Wright [Editor]
From Chaparral Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
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From Chaparral Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since September 30, 2012
About this Item
Bilingual German-English edition. Clean and tight with minor handling wear. 8vo. 91pp. Seller Inventory # CHAPwittOC
Bibliographic Details
Title: On Certainty (Harper Perennial Modern ...
Publisher: Harper & Row
Publication Date: 1972
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First THUS.
About this title
Written over the last 18 months of his life and inspired by his interest in G. E. Moore's defense of common sense, this much discussed volume collects Wittgenstein's reflections on knowledge and certainty, on what it is to know a proposition for sure.
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was born in Austria and studied at Cambridge under Bertrand Russell. He volunteered to serve in the Austrian army at the outbreak of World War I, and in 1918 was captured and sent to a prison camp in Italy, where he finished his masterpiece, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, one of the most important philosophical works of all time. After the war Wittgenstein eventually returned to Cambridge to teach.
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