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Clear and Queer Thinking: Wittgenstein's Development and His Relevance to Modern Thinking

Clear and Queer Thinking: Wittgenstein's Development and His Relevance to Modern Thinking


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Wittgenstein is generally regarded as a difficult philosopher. People reading him sometimes see the glint of a precious stone and are aware that there are diamonds to be found if only they knew how to look. His prose can seem obscure, yet Wittgenstein himself enjoins us to stay silent where we cannot speak clearly, and he criticizes other philosophers for finding "queer" what would seem wholly unmysterious if only they would curb their compulsion to be misled. A main source of failure to understand, in Wittgenstein's view, is that we do not command a clear view of the use of our words. Laurence Goldstein gives a straightforward and lively account of some of the central themes of Wittgenstein's writings on meaning, mind, and mathematics. He does this both by drawing on Wittgenstein's work to show how his thinking developed over time and by helping the reader gain some impression of what a strange character Wittgenstein was-for how he was is intimately related to how and what he wrote. Clear and Queer Thinking also brings Wittgenstein's ideas to bear on a wide range of topics in linguistics, cognitive science, psychology, and neuroscience and will therefore be of interest not only to philosophers but also to linguists, psychologists, and those working in the brain sciences.

About the Author :
Laurence Goldstein is professor of mind and language at the University of Hong Kong. He is author of The Philosopher's Habitat (1990) and co-author of How Computers Work (1992) and Across the Bridge to Economic and Public Affairs (1994), and editor of Precedent in Law (1987).

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"Goldstein's knowledge of the body of Wittgenstein's work is impressive and he does an excellent job of explaining transitions in Wittgnestein's thought and comparing not only Philosophical Investigations to the Tractatus but discussing many of Wittgenstein's other works, notebooks, lectures, and personal letters as well. On the side of biographical information, Goldstein does a good job of pulling together relevalnt aspects of most of the work that has been done in the area. The combination of philosophy and biographical work make the text both readable and interesting." --Philosophy in Review


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780847695461
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
  • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
  • Height: 232 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Wittgenstein's Development and His Relevance to Modern Thinking
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0847695468
  • Publisher Date: 30 Apr 1999
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Weight: 444 gr


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