{"product_id":"wittgenstein-meaning-and-mind-volume-3-of-an-analytical-commentary-on-the-philosophical-investigations-part-ii-exegesis-243-247-paperback","title":"Wittgenstein: Meaning and Mind, Volume 3 of an Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations, Part II: Exegesis 243-247 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eP. M. S. Hacker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis third volume of the monumental commentary on Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations covers sections 243-427, which constitute the heart of the book. Like the previous volumes, it consists of philosophical essays and exegesis. The thirteen essays cover all the major themes of this part of Wittgenstein's masterpiece: the private language arguments, privacy, avowals and descriptions, private ostensive definition, criteria, minds and machines, behavior and behaviorism, the self, the inner and the outer, thinking, consciounesss, and the imagination. The exegesis clarifies and evaluates Wittgenstein's arguments, drawing extensively on all the unpublished papers, examining the evolution of his ideas in manuscript sources and definitively settling many controversies about the interpretation of the published text.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This commentary, like its predecessors, is indispensable for the study of Wittgenstein and is essential reading for students of the philosophy of mind.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A fourth and final volume, entitled Wittgenstein: Mind and Will will complete the commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis third volume of the monumental commentary on Wittgenstein's \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Investigations\u003c\/i\u003e covers sections 243-427, which constitute the heart of the book. Like the previous volumes, it consists of philosophical essays and exegesis. The thirteen essays cover all the major themes of this part of Wittgenstein's masterpiece: the private language arguments, privacy, avowals and descriptions, private ostensive definition, criteria, minds and machines, behavior and behaviorism, the self, the inner and the outer, thinking, consciounesss, and the imagination. The exegesis clarifies and evaluates Wittgenstein's arguments, drawing extensively on all the unpublished papers, examining the evolution of his ideas in manuscript sources and definitively settling many controversies about the interpretation of the published text. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis commentary, like its predecessors, is indispensable for the study of Wittgenstein and is essential reading for students of the philosophy of mind.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA fourth and final volume, entitled \u003ci\u003eWittgenstein: Mind and Will\u003c\/i\u003e will complete the commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eP. M. S. Hacker\u003c\/b\u003e is a Fellow of St. John's College Oxford. He is author of \u003ci\u003eInsight and Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAppearance and Reality\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1987). He edited\u003ci\u003e The Renaissance of Gravure: the Art of S. W. Hayter\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written a number of books with G. P. Baker: \u003ci\u003eWittgenstein: Understanding and Meaning\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1980), \u003ci\u003eWittgenstein: Rules, Grammar and Necessity\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1985), \u003ci\u003eLanguage, Sense and Nonsense\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1984) and \u003ci\u003eScepticism, Rules and Language \u003c\/i\u003e(Blackwell, 1984).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 340\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.5 x 5.82 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42132659667079,"sku":"9780631190646","price":104.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4cea0f4520e941450768942d2ce02ec2.webp?v=1732628239","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/wittgenstein-meaning-and-mind-volume-3-of-an-analytical-commentary-on-the-philosophical-investigations-part-ii-exegesis-243-247-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}