Wittgenstein and the Human Form of Life - Softcover

Hanfling, Oswald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 041540813X ISBN 13: 9780415408134

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

The implications of Wittgenstein's later writings have become one of the major features of the past few years. This text offers a critical interpretation of Wittgenstein's writings and their impact for our ways of thinking.

About this title

About the Author:

Oswald Hanfling is a former Professor of Philosophy at the Open University. In addition to his many papers on Wittgenstein, he is the author of several books including Wittgenstein's Later Philosophy (1989) and Philosophy and Ordinary Language (Routledge, 2000).

Review:

"This is a most refreshing book. The later work of Wittgenstein is apt to provoke strong reactions, whether of dissent or approbation. The cool and even light that Prof. Hanfling brings to bear on the work serves admirably to correct exaggerated interpretations of all kinds. Overall, the book is a splendid vindication of the author's choice of title. Although not used by Wittgenstein himself, the phrase, 'the human form of life' is here peculiarly apt."
-P.F. Strawson, University College Oxford

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 041540813X
• ISBN 13: 9780415408134
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176