{"product_id":"9781862077249","title":"How To Read Wittgenstein","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Monk, Ray\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHumanities\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 7 February 2005 by GRANTA BOOKS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 128 pages\u003cbr\u003e199 x 130 x 9 | 100g\u003cp\u003eThough Wittgenstein wrote on the same subjects that dominate the work of other analytic philosophers - the nature of logic, the limits of language, the analysis of meaning - he did so in a peculiarly poetic style that separates his work sharply from that of his peers and makes the question of how to read him particularly pertinent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the root of Wittgenstein's thought, Ray Monk argues, is a determination to resist the scientism characteristic of our age, a determination to insist on the integrity and the autonomy of non-scientific forms of understanding. The kind of understanding we seek in philosophy, Wittgenstein tried to make clear, is similar to the kind we might seek of a person, a piece of music, or, indeed, a poem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtracts are taken from Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and from a range of writings, including Philosophical Investigations, The Blue and Brown Books and Last Writings on the Philosophy of Psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Monk, Ray","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42465880899768,"sku":"9781862077249","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781862077249.jpg?v=1734728550","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781862077249","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}