Dialectic of the Ladder: Wittgenstein, the 'Tractatus' and Modernism

by Ben Ware

Book Overview

Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922) remains one of the most enigmatic works of twentieth century thought. In this bold and original new study, Ben Ware argues that Wittgenstein's early masterpiece is neither an analytic treatise on language and logic, nor a quasi-mystical work seeking to communicate 'ineffable' truths. Instead, we come to understand the Tractatus by grasping it in a twofold sense: first, as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 135005092X
• ISBN13: 9781350050921
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"