Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Wittgenstein and the Tractatus

Written by a leading expert, this is the ideal guide to the only book Wittgenstein published during his lifetime, the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. Michael Morris makes sense of Wittgenstein's brief but often cryptic text, highlighting its key themes. He introduces and analyzes:

• Wittgenstein's life and the background to the Tractatus
• the ideas and text of the Tractatus
• the continuing importance of Wittgenstein's work to philosophy today,

Wittgenstein is the most important twentieth-century philosopher in the English speaking world. This book will be essential reading for all students of philosophy of language and metaphysics.

Author: Michael Morris
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 10/17/2008
Series: Routledge Philosophy Guidebooks
Pages: 408
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780415357227