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Published by University of Illinois, 1971
Seller: Brothertown Books, Deansboro, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "Essays on Wittgenstein", edited by E. D. Klemke, was published in hardcover format in 1971 by the University of Illinois Press. This book brings together a remarkable collection of 23 essays by various philosophers who, being experts on Wittgenstein, tackled the complexities presented by Wittgenstein in his"Tractatus logico-philosophicus", and "Philosophical Investigations". The book is divided into three sections : "Wittgenstein's Ontology", "Epistemology and Philosophy of Language", and "Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics". ********************************************** CONTENTS :: Ineffability, Method, and Ontology - by Gustav Bergmann / The Glory and Misery of Ludwig Wittgenstein - by Gustave Bergmann / Stenius on the Tractatus - by Gustave Bergmann / Naming and Saying - by Wilfrid Sellars / The Ontology of Wittgenstein's Tractatus - by E. D. Klemke / Material Properties in the Tractatus - by Herbert Hochberg / Wittgenstein's Pantheism : a New Light on the Ontology of the Tractatus - by Newton Garver / Science and Metaphysics : A Wittgensteinian Interpretation - by Hugh Petrie / Wittgenstein on Private language - by Clyde Laurence Hardin / Wittgenstein on Private Language - by Newton Garver / Wittgenstein and Private Languages - by William Todd / The Private-Language Argument - by Hector-Neri Castaņeda / Wittgenstein on Privacy - by John W. Cook / "Forms of Life" in Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations - by J. F. M. Hunter / Privacy and Language - by Moltke S. Gram / On Language Games and Forms of Life - by Farhang Zabeeh / Wittgenstein on Meaning and Use - by J. F. M. Hunter / Wittgenstein on Phenomenalism, Skepticism, and Criteria - by Andrew Oldenquist / Tractarian Reflections on Saying and Showing - by Dennis W. Stampf / Wittgenstein and Logical Necessity - by Barry Stroud / Negation and Generality - by Herbert Hochberg / Facts, Possibilities, and Essences in the Tractatus - by Herbert Hochberg / Arithmetic and Propositional Form in Wittgenstein's Tractatus - by Herbert Hochberg / Selected Bibliography / Index *********************************************** TITLE : Essays on Wittgenstein / AUTHORS : Gustav Bergmann et al (See contents list , above) / EDITOR : E. D. Klemke / IMPRINT : The University of Illinois Press / PLACE : Urbana IL / DATE : (1971) / EDITION : First Edition / STATUS : OP - no longer listed on the publisher's website. / PROVENANCE : From the personal library of Professor of Philosophy, Jerome Balmuth, and with his dated signature (J. Balmuth, Oxford '78). Balmuth, along with his expertise on general philosophy, was a noted expert on Wittgenstein . / DETAILS : Academic Hardcover published for the trade; contains 23 essays with footnotes, bibliographical and otherwise; contains a Preface, a Selected Bibliography, and an Index; approximately 5 1/2" x 7 7/8", bright blue, cloth covered spine and boards, with gilt lettering stamped on spine and front; printed dust-jacket (which has the original 1971 price printed on the back panel. **************************************** CONDITION -- BOOK : VERY GOOD -- JACKET : GOOD PLUS -- This is a previously owned book that has seen us, but which remains clean and serviceable, with the following particulars noted :: EXTERIOR -- Cover, while having mild surface rub is still bright; spine extremities are compressed; board edges display mild wear; the bottom fore-edge tips are bumped, with the rear tip showing signs of a split. Text-block edges display just a touch of weathering, and, on the bottom edge, a bit of shelf rub - else clean and unmarked. / BINDING -- The book has been read and thus the text-block as a whole is not as tight as when issued, but still remains solid. / INTERIOR -- The pages from 427 to 468 have small impact creases (dog-ears) - else the interior is clean and free of marking (except for the professor's signature on the front free end-paper) / DUST-JACKET -- The jacket displays modest weathering along the various panel folds and along the.
Published by University of Illinois Press, Urbana / Chicago / London, 1968
ISBN 10: 0252784014ISBN 13: 9780252784019
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Xiii, 586 Pp. First Printing. Book Is Fine, No Wear, Previous Owner's Information On Title Page. Dj Near Fine, Price Clipped At Top Of Front Flap Leaving Uk Price At Bottom. Dj With Just A Touch Of Rubbing At A Few Points, Near Fine, With Speculative Dates Written Next To "Two Decades" On Front Flap.
Published by University of Illinois Press, 1971
ISBN 10: 0252001362ISBN 13: 9780252001369
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Xi, 552 Pp. Blue Cloth Lettered In Silver. First Priting. Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket.