The Blue and Brown Books

Wittgenstein, Ludwig

Published by Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1964

About this Item

Learn what role two students at Cambridge played in bringing these ideas to light - Francis Skinner and Alice Ambrose. Also learn about : systems of communication, sublimieren, propositions, reason, commonsense notion, bounded-games, puzzlement, and primitive narration. These ideas are regarded as leading directly to `Philosophical Investigations' published by the author in 1953. Cond : Boards are navy blue with gilt lettering - spine only. End-papers are white though lighly toned. D.J. is light green with red lettering. Volume is tight and bright and clean in ALL respects. D.J. (now protected in mylar) is almost as good but is edge-tattered. D.J. not price-clipped. No names nor marks. Not cocked. Collectible ! ! Quote (p. 45) : " We have been told by popular scientists that the floor on which we stand is not solid, as it appears to common sense, as it has been discovered that the wood consists of particles filling space so thinly that it can almost be called empty. This is liable to perplex us, for in a way of course we know that ._._._. ." Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # 009159

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Blue and Brown Books

Publisher: Basil Blackwell, Oxford

Publication Date: 1964

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good ++

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 3'rd Printing.