Wittgenstein on Realism and Idealism

by David R. Cerbone

This Element concerns Wittgenstein's evolving attitude toward the opposition between realism and idealism in philosophy. Despite the marked - and sometimes radical - changes Wittgenstein's thinking undergoes from the early to the middle to the later period, there is an underlying continuity in terms of his unwillingness at any point to endorse either position in a straightforward manner. Instead, Wittgenstein can be understood as rejecting both positions,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009475630
• ISBN13: 9781009475631
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"