David Pears is at University of Oxford.
Praise for Volume I: "A profound, scholarly and illuminating study....The idea of a
definitive study of the work of any great philosopher is, no doubt, illusory....But it is reasonable to think that, when the second volume of Pears's work is added to the first, we shall have something that comes, for its time, as near as possible to that unattainable ideal."--P.F. Strawson
"As a secondary source on the character of Wittgenstein's philosophy, this is among the best. Moreover, few studies of Wittgenstein by a single author attempt to be so comprehensive. Likely to become a basic part of Wittgenstein collections. Recommended for readers at all levels."--
Choice"An excellent treatment of the early philosophy of Wittgenstein, and of some of its dominant themes. With its promised second volume, it should provide the perceptive student with an excellent introduction to the text."--George L. Farre,
Georgetown University