Paul Horwich develops an interpretation of Ludwig Wittgenstein's later writings that differs in substantial respects from what can already be found in the literature. He argues that it is Wittgenstein's radically anti-theoretical metaphilosophy-and not (as assumed by most other commentators) his identification of the meaning of a word with its use-that lies at the foundation of...(展开全部)

Paul Horwich develops an interpretation of Ludwig Wittgenstein's later writings that differs in substantial respects from what can already be found in the literature. He argues that it is Wittgenstein's radically anti-theoretical metaphilosophy-and not (as assumed by most other commentators) his identification of the meaning of a word with its use-that lies at the foundation of...(展开全部)

Methodological and metaphilosophical disputes in the contemporary philosophy of law are very vivid. Basic issues remain controversial. The purpose of the book is to confront approaches of Anglo-Saxon and continental philosophy of law to the following topics: the purpose of legal philosophy, the role of disagreement in legal philosophy, methodology of legal philosophy (conceptua...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 阿兰•雅尼克（Allan Janik，1941— ）生于美国马萨诸塞州奇科皮，先后毕业于圣安塞姆学院、维拉诺瓦大学和布兰迪斯大学。他曾在喇沙书院和韦尔斯利学院教授哲学和思想史，现为奥地利因斯布鲁克大学布伦纳档案研究委员会的一员。另著有《提示汇编：对维特根斯坦哲学概念起源的研究》（Assembling Reminders: Studies in the Genesis of Wittgenstein's Concept of Philosophy）、《隐喻的运用和滥用》（The Use and Abuse of Metaphor）、《哲学的风格、政治和未来》（Style, Politics and the Future of Philosophy）等。 ··· 斯蒂芬•图尔敏（Stephen Toulmin，1922—2009）英国哲学家...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 阿兰•雅尼克（Allan Janik，1941— ）生于美国马萨诸塞州奇科皮，先后毕业于圣安塞姆学院、维拉诺瓦大学和布兰迪斯大学。他曾在喇沙书院和韦尔斯利学院教授哲学和思想史，现为奥地利因斯布鲁克大学布伦纳档案研究委员会的一员。另著有《提示汇编：对维特根斯坦哲学概念起源的研究》（Assembling Reminders: Studies in the Genesis of Wittgenstein's Concept of Philosophy）、《隐喻的运用和滥用》（The Use and Abuse of Metaphor）、《哲学的风格、政治和未来》（Style, Politics and the Future of Philosophy）等。 ··· 斯蒂芬•图尔敏（Stephen Toulmin，1922—2009）英国哲学家...(展开全部)

Fin de siecle Vienna was once memorably described by Karl Kraus as a "proving ground for the destruction of the world". In the decades leading to the World War that brought down the Austro-Hungarian empire, the city was at once an operetta dream world masking social and political problems and tension, as well as a center for the far-reaching explorations and innovations in musi...(展开全部)

It is 1967. In separate wings of a Viennese hospital, two men lie bedridden. The narrator, named Thomas Bernhard, is stricken with a lung ailment; his friend Paul, nephew of the celebrated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, is suffering from one of his periodic bouts of madness. As their once-casual friendship quickens, these two eccentric men begin to discover in each other a po...(展开全部)

Mit seiner 1982 vorgelegten Arbeit über die Geschichte einer Freundschaft führt Bernhard seine Autobiographie, die Beschreibung seiner Kindheit und Jugend in fünf Bänden, weiter in die Jahre 1967 bis 1979. Bei einem Sanatoriumsaufenthalt vertiefte sich seine Freundschaft mit Paul Wittgenstein, die in leidenschaftlichen Diskussionen über Musik begonnen hatte. Paul Wittgenstein, ...(展开全部)

What is philosophy? How should we do it? Why should we bother to? These are the kinds of questions addressed by metaphilosophy – the philosophical study of the nature of philosophy itself. Students of philosophy today are faced with a confusing and daunting array of philosophical methods, approaches and styles and also deep divisions such as the notorious rift between analytic ...(展开全部)

Ludwig Wittgenstein is universally recognized as one of the most original and influential philosophers of his age and as a personality of great magnetism and power. Not all who recognize his importance admire him or approve of it; his life and work are both surrounded by controversy. In this welcome reissue of his classic biographical study, complete with a brand-new Preface, B...(展开全部)