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Wittgenstein: A Critical Reader

ISBN: 978-0-631-19436-1

August 2001

Wiley-Blackwell

410 pages

Description
This volume provides a wide-ranging collection of newly-commissioned essays on Wittgenstein by internationally established philosophers.
About the Author
Hans-Johann Glock is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading. He has been Visiting Professor at Queen's University, Ontario and a research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at Bielefeld University. He is author of A Wittgenstein Dictionary (Blackwell 1996) and Quine and Davidson (2003); editor of The Rise of Analytic Philosophy (Blackwell 1997), Strawson and Kant (2003); and co-editor, with Robert L. Arrington, of Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations (1991) and Wittgenstein and Quine (1996).
Features
  • Covers the central themes of Wittgenstein's oeuvre.
  • Provides a collection of newly-commissioned essays by internationally established philosophers.
  • Includes an excellent preface that explains the various perspectives of the contributors and offers an introduction to Wittgenstein's work.