On Certainty (English and German Edition)

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Remainder Mk. Pages are clean. Book is tight. Front cover has slight staining. 'What we publish here belongs to the last year and a half of Wittgenstein's life.'. Seller Inventory # TJ2324866

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Synopsis:

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.

About the Author:

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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: On Certainty (English and German Edition)
Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
Publication Date: 1972
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket