[Date from copyright page.] Notes; index; ix, 692 pages. The light gray boards are in excellent shape, with gilt lettering on spine as bright as new. The condition of this book is downgraded because of considerable annotations to several sections of the text, in pencil, by my philosopher-father, a noted Wittgenstein scholar. I hope they may be of interest to another scholar. The interior is otherwise bright and crisp. The unclipped dustjacket has just a few rubbed spots. [See image of actual book.] This volume consists of exegesis and philosophical essays. "The exegesis classifies, analyses and evaluates Wittgenstein's arguments. . . . The seventeen comprehensive essays cover all the major themes in [the 1937 draft] of the 'Investigations'." My father also had a clean copy of the Basil Blackwell first edition which is listed separately. As with every book from my father's collection, tipped in at the front is a small, attractive, acid-free bookplate. All books are wrapped with special care and are shipped promptly-----domestic sales sent with 'delivery confirmation' tracking; most international sales sent via global priority.

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Title

Wittgenstein: Understanding And Meaning, an Analytical Commentary on the 'Philosophical Investigations'

Publisher

University of Chicago Press, Chicago

Publication Date

1980

Language

English

ISBN 10

0226035263

ISBN 13

9780226035260

Binding

Hard Cover

Edition

First American Edition

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

Book Type

Association Copy

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This is a much revised and extended new edition of "Part I" of the first volume of the monumental four-volume "Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations."Takes into account much new material that was unavailable when the first edition was writtenFollowing Baker's death in 2002, P.M.S. Hacker has rewritten many essays completely"Part I: Essays" now includes two completely new essays: 'Meaning and Use' and 'The Recantation of a Metaphysician'; the essays: 'The Augustinian Conception of Language', 'The Language-Game Method', 'Contextual Dicta and Contextual Principles', 'Philosophy', 'Surveyability and Surveyable Representations', and 'Truth and the General Propositional Form' are redrafted and expanded, incorporating new source materials and new arguments, as well as taking into account debates of the last quarter of a centuryThe accompanying "Part II: Exegesis 1-184" - has been thoroughly revised in the light of the electronic publication of Wittgenstein's "Nachlass," and includes many new interpretations of the remarks, a history of the composition of the "Philosophical Investigations" and an overview of its structure.The revisions will ensure that this remains the definitive reference work on Wittgenstein's masterpiece for the foreseeable future

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The books listed here are, indeed, from my father's library, representing the depth and varied interests of a modern scholar's mind. Dr. Henry LeRoy Finch, professor emeritus of philosophy and a published author, trained in the classics (graduating top in his class at Yale), and went on to develop an appreciation for modern thinkers. It took over half-a-century to amass this collection of primarily-scholarly books with a broad range of subjects from Philosophy and Religion (with an emphasis on the interrelationships and intricacies of Eastern and Western Thinking) to scientific influences played out over the entire history of humankind, touching necessarily on Art, Anthropology, Archaeology, Literature, History of various Cultures, Psychology, Physics, and Spiritual Thought, including Theosophy and Mysticism. Many are esoteric philosophical works, out-of-print and unavailable elsewhere. A great number cover the interconnections of so many subjects as to defy classification. His was a working library: each volume was read and familiar, its whereabouts on a shelf always known, even when "double-parked." Though many of the books are esoteric, others will appeal to the general reader, often making an abstruse subject more approachable. (There are a hundred books on Einstein alone!) In addition, there are numerous paperbacks--classics, scholarly, first-published editions, several versions of the same book (in different translations), handy for packing along in a back pocket. Each of the volumes from the collection has a bookplate tipped in at the front and may have pencil marginalia--sparse or profuse. I have tried to reflect this in all the listings, but feel free to call and discuss further details of a book's condition. As it will take a long time to write up all the descriptions, some of you may wish to call and ask about a particular book you have been seeking. Meanwhile, I'll try to keep an eye on the "Wants" list. Thank you for visiting this page. I hope my father's books will eventually find happy homes; it was one of his last wishes.

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