Wittgenstein: The Philosopher and his Works

Wittgenstein: The Philosopher and his Works

This wide-ranging collection of essays contains eighteen original articles by authors representing some of the most important recent work on Wittgenstein. It deals with questions pertaining to both the interpretation and application of Wittgenstein s thought and the editing of his works. Regarding the latter, it also addresses issues concerning scholarly electronic publishing. The collection is accompanied by a comprehensive introduction which lays out the content and arguments of each contribution. Contributors: Knut Erik Tranøy, Lars Hertzberg, Georg Henrik von Wright, Marie McGinn, Cora Diamond, James Conant, David G. Stern, Eike von Savigny, P.M.S. Hacker, Hans-Johann Glock, Allan Janik, Kristóf Nyíri, Antonia Soulez, Brian McGuinness, Anthony Kenny, Joachim Schulte, Herbert Hrachovec, Cameron McEwen.

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Alois Pichler, born 1966, is a member of staff at the Department of Culture, Language and Information Technology (AKSIS) at UNIFOB AS, Bergen, Norway. He is Director of the Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen. He is member of the Executive Committee of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society. Homepage: http://teksttek.aksis.uib.no/people/alois.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Wittgenstein and the Relation Between Life and Philosophy
Trying to Keep Philosophy Honest
Wittgenstein's Early Philosophy of Language and the Idea of 'the Single Great Problem'
Peter Winch on the Tractatus and the Unity of Wittgenstein's Philosophy
Wittgenstein's Later Criticism of the Tractatus
How Many Wittgensteins?
Taking Avowals Seriously: The Soul - A Public Affair
f Knowledge and of Knowing That Someone is in Pain
Wittgenstein and History
Impure Reason Vindicated
Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Pictures
A Case of early Wittgenstein Dialogism: Stances on the Impossibility of "Red and Green in the Same Place"
Wittgenstein: Philosophy and Literature
A Brief History of Wittgenstein Editing
What is a Work by Wittgenstein?
Evaluating the Bergen Electronic Edition
Wittgenstein in Digital Form: Perspectives for the Future.