The Value of Culture

Author: (English) Wittgenstein
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Publication Date: 2006-04-01
Features: Wittgenstein was the person who pushed modern philosophical methods to a decisive turning point. He made outstanding contributions to the development of logical positivism, ordinary language philosophy, philosophical methodology, and logic. He was listed as one of the representatives of the 62 important achievements in humanities of the 20th century by the British Encyclopaedia Britannica's "Great Ideas of Today" (among which philosophy accounts for five). This book is a collection of the author's thought notes from 1914 to 1951. These notes were collected and compiled by his student G. H. von Wright from Wittgenstein's manuscripts. The notes cover a wide range of fields, including philosophy, religion, history, psychology, logic, linguistics, art, music, and architecture. The author's highly spirited thoughts and poetic language are rare in philosophical writings. Wittgenstein was the person who pushed modern philosophical methods to a decisive turning point. He made outstanding contributions to the development of logical positivism, ordinary language philosophy, philosophical methodology, and logic. He was listed as one of the representatives of the 62 important achievements in humanities of the 20th century by the British Encyclopaedia Britannica's "Great Ideas of Today" (among which philosophy accounts for five). This book is a collection of the author's thought notes from 1914 to 1951. These notes were collected and compiled by his student G. H. von Wright from Wittgenstein's manuscripts. The notes cover a wide range of fields, including philosophy, religion, history, psychology, logic, linguistics, art, music, and architecture. The author's highly spirited thoughts and poetic language are rare in philosophical writings.