Description: Wittgenstein: Understanding And Meaning by Gordon P. Baker, P.M.S. Hacker This is a much revised and extended new edition of Part II 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 written Following Bakers death in 2002, P.M.S. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This is a much revised and extended new edition of Part II 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 Bakers death in 2002, P.M.S. Hacker has rewritten many sections of exegesis completelyPart II: Exegesis §§1-184 has been thoroughly revised in the light of the electronic publication of Wittgensteins Nachlass, and includes many new interpretations of the remarks, a history of the composition of the Philosophical Investigations and an overview of its structureThe accompanying 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 revisions will ensure that this remains the definitive reference work on Wittgensteins masterpiece for the foreseeable future Back Cover Published to widespread acclaim between 1980 and 1996, the monumental four volume Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations has become the definitive reference work on Wittgensteins masterpiece. This revised edition of the first volume, Wittgenstein: Understanding and Meaning , which itself comprises two parts ( Essays and Exegesis Flap Published to widespread acclaim between 1980 and 1996, the monumental four volume Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations has become the definitive reference work on Wittgensteins masterpiece. This revised edition of the first volume, Wittgenstein: Understanding and Meaning , which itself comprises two parts ( Essays and Exegesis Author Biography G.P.Baker was a Fellow of St Johns College, Oxford from 1967 until his death in 2002. He is the co-author with P.M.S. Hacker of the first two volumes of the four-volume Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations (Blackwell, 1980–96), author of Wittgenstein, Frege and the Vienna Circle (Blackwell, 1988) and with Katherine Morris of Descartes Dualism (1996). He also wrote numerous articles on Wittgenstein, Frege, Russell, Waismann and Descartes. P.M.S. Hacker is the leading authority on the philosophy of Wittgenstein. He is author of the four-volume Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations, the first two volumes co-authored with G.P. Baker (Blackwell, 1980–96) and of Wittgensteins Place in Twentieth-century Analytic Philosophy (Blackwell, 1996). His other previous works include The Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience (Blackwell, 2003) and History of Cognitive Neuroscience (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008), both co-authored with M.R. Bennett. Most recently he has published Human Nature: The Categorical Framework (Blackwell, 2007), the first volume of a trilogy on human nature.Together with Joachim Schulte, he has produced the 4th edition and extensively revised translation of Wittgensteins Philosophical Investigations (Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming 2009). Table of Contents Acknowledgements. Introduction to Part II: Exegesis. Note to the paperback edition 2009. Abbreviations. The history of the composition of the Philosophical Investigations. An overview of the structure and argument of the Philosophical Investigations. Exegesis. The Title. The Motto. The Preface. Chapter 1 The Augustinian conception of language (§§1–27(a)). Chapter 2 Illusions of naming: ostensive definition, logically proper names, simples and samples, and analysis (§§27(b)–64). Chapter 3 Family resemblance, determinacy of sense, and the quest for essence (§§65–88). Chapter 4 Philosophy (§§89–133). Chapter 5 The general propositional form (§§134–42). Chapter 6 Understanding and ability (§§143–84). Index. Long Description Published to widespread acclaim between 1980 and 1996, the monumental four volume Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations has become the definitive reference work on Wittgenstein s masterpiece. This revised edition of the first volume, Wittgenstein: Understanding and Meaning , which itself comprises two parts ( Essays and Exegesis 1 184 ), takes into account much material that was unavailable when the first edition was written. Following G.P. Baker s death in 2002, P.M.S. Hacker has thoroughly revised both parts, rewriting many sections completely and often proposing fresh interpretations. Part I: Essays now includes two new essays: Meaning and Use and The Recantation of a Metaphysician , and most of the previous essays have been Details ISBN1405199253 Pages 384 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd Year 2009 ISBN-10 1405199253 ISBN-13 9781405199254 Format Paperback Imprint Wiley-Blackwell DEWEY 192 Media Book Publication Date 2009-11-20 Edition 2nd Language English Short Title WITTGENSTEIN V01 2/E Series Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations Series Number 01 Illustrations Yes UK Release Date 2009-11-20 AU Release Date 2009-11-20 NZ Release Date 2009-11-20 US Release Date 2009-11-20 Author P.M.S. Hacker Edition Description 2nd edition Subtitle Volume 1 of an Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations, Part II: Exegesis §§1-184 Place of Publication Hoboken Alternative 9781405119870 Audience Professional & Vocational Country of Publication United Kingdom We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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