Insight and Illusion: Themes in the Philosophy of Wittgenstein

by P.M.S. Hacker

Book Overview

Since the first publication of Insight and Illusion in l972, a wealth of Wittgenstein's writings have become accessible. Accordingly, in this edition Professor Hacker has rewritten six of his eleven original chapters and revised the others to incorporate the new abundant material. Insight and Illusion now fully clarifies the historical backgrounds of Wittgenstein's highly different masterpieces, the Tractatus and the Investigations, and traces the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198247982
• ISBN13: 9780198247982
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.5"