Insight and Illusion: Wittgenstein on Philosophy and the Metaphysics of Experience

By P.M.S. Hacker

Book Overview

Since the first publication of Insight and Illusion in l972, a wealth of Wittgenstein's writings has become accessible. Accordingly, in this edition Professor Hacker has rewritten six of his eleven original chapters and revised the others to incorporate the new abundant material.Insight and Illusion now fully clarifies the historical backgrounds of Wittgenstein's highly differing masterpices, the Tractatus and the Investigations, and traces the evolution of Wittgenstein's thought. Hacker explains all of Wittgenstein's writings in detail, focusing on his critique of metaphysics, his famous "private language argument," and his account of self consciousness.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198247834
• ISBN13: 9780198247838
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.8"