Wittgensteins Private Language P

by Stephen Mulhall

Book Overview

Stephen Mulhall presents a detailed critical commentary on sections 243-315 of Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations: the famous remarks on 'private language'. In so doing, he makes detailed use of Stanley Cavell's interpretations of these remarks; and relates disputes about how to interpret this aspect of Wittgenstein's later philosophy to a recent, highly influential controversy about how to interpret Wittgenstein's early text, the Tractatus...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199556741
• ISBN13: 9780199556748
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 7.8"