Portraits of Wittgenstein (eBook, PDF)

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Redaktion: Flowers III, F. A.; Ground, Ian

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Produktbeschreibung

Portraits of Wittgenstein is a major collection of memoirs and reflections on one of the most influential and yet elusive personalities in the history of modern philosophy, Ludwig Wittgenstein. Featuring a wealth of illuminating and profound insights into Wittgenstein's extraordinary life, this unique collection reveals Wittgenstein's character and power of personality more vividly and comprehensively than ever before.

With portraits from more than 50 figures, Portraits of Wittgenstein brings together the personal recollections of philosophers, students, friends and acquaintances, including Bertrand Russell, G. E. Moore, F. R. Leavis, A. J. Ayer, Karl Popper, Friedrich von Hayek, G. H. von Wright, Freeman Dyson, Iris Murdoch, Mary Midgley and Mary Warnock. These authors testify to the life-long influence Wittgenstein had on the lives of those he met. Their fascinating memoirs, reflections and commentaries, often at odds with each other, reveal Wittgenstein's kindness, and how much genuine friendship meant to him, as well as his suffering and despair. They show too how the philosopher's ruthless honesty and uncompromising integrity often resulted in stern advice and harsh rebukes to friends and foes alike.

Now abridged and available in paperback, this collection of valuable and hard-to-find material is an indispensable resource for scholars and students of the life and work of Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350046603
• Artikelnr.: 54818215

Autorenporträt

F. A. Flowers III is a retired appellate lawyer. In addition to being the author of several legal publications, he is the Editor of the First Edition of this work, as well as the Editor of Leo Tolstoy's The Gospel in Brief (1997). Ian Ground is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire, UK and Vice-President of the British Wittgenstein Society. He has published on topics in the philosophy of Wittgenstein, aesthetics and philosophical issues concerning the understanding of animal minds.

Inhaltsangabe

Maps and IllustrationsPreface to Annotated Edition 1. A Biographical Sketch, Georg H. von Wright2. The Laboratory for Self-Destruction, Ray Monk 3. My Brother Ludwig, Hermine Wittgenstein4. Remembering My Cousin, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Friedrich A. Hayek5. Wittgenstein in Manchester, Wolfe Mays6. My Friendship with Ludwig Wittgenstein, William Eccles7. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Bertrand Russell8. Philosophers and Idiots, Bertrand Russell9. Autobiography, George E. Moore10. Ludwig Wittgenstein in Norway 1913-1950, Knut Olav Amas and Rolf Larsen11. Soldier and Prisoner of War, F.R Flowers III12. Ludwig Wittgenstein in 1915-1916, Max Bieler13. A Memoir, Paul Englemann14. Bartley's Wittgenstein and the Coded Remarks, Ray Monk 15. Wittgenstein in Austria as an Elementary-School Teacher, Luise Hausmann and Eugene C. Hargrove16. Ludwig Wittgenstein's Austrian Dictionary, Karl Menger17. Wittgenstein and Ramsey, Margaret Paul18. Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle, Rudolf Carnap19. Wittgenstein, Brouwer and the Circle, Karl Menger20. Memories of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Frances Partridge21. Wittgenstein 1929-1931, Desmond Lee22. I'm Afraid There is a Gathering of Philosophers Going on in Here, John Mabbott23. Wittgenstein's Return to Cambridge, George E. Moore24. Portrait of a Philosopher, Karl Britton25. Wittgenstein: Some Personal Recollections, George Thomson26. Wittgenstein: A Personal Memoir, Fania Pascal27. Memories of Wittgenstein, Frank R. Leavis28. Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Portrait, Alice Ambrose29. Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1934-1937, John Wisdom30. A Student's Memoir, Theodore Redpath31. Recollections of Wittgenstein, John King32. A Memoir, Norman Malcolm33. Recollections of Ludwig Wittgenstein, A.J. Ayer34. Recollections of Wittgenstein, Wolfe Mays35. It Will Be Terrible Afterwards, Whoever Wins, Brian F. McGuinness36. Ludwig Wittgenstein and Guy's Hospital, J.R. Henderson37. Ludwig Wittgenstein, W.G. Tillman38. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Ronald MacKeith39. Wittgenstein in Newcastle, Leo Kinlin40. I Taught Wittgenstein, John Lenihan41. Philosophers and Friends, Dorothy Emmet42. A Meeting with Wittgenstein, John F. Mills43. A Deeper Understanding, Freeman Dyson44. A Confrontation with Wittgenstein, Karl Popper45. Popper and the Poker, Peter Munz46. Last Lectures 1946-1947, Peter Geach47. A Recollection of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Iris Murdoch48. A Confrontation in Oxford, Mary Midgley49. A Tremendous Coup, Mary Warnock50. Recollections of Wittgenstein, Gitta-Deutch Arnold51. Wittgenstein in Ireland: An Account of His Various Visits from 1934 to 1949, George Hetherington52. A Memory of a Master, William H. Gass53. Wittgenstein in Cornell, Trevor Pinch and Richard Swedberg54. Wittgenstein: Conversations 1949-1951, O.K. Bouwsma55. Wittgenstein in Cambridge 1949-1951: Some Personal Recollections, Knut E. Tranoy56. Wittgenstein's Last Year, Joan Bevan Notes on the Contributors List of Further ReadingAcknowledgementsIndex

Rezensionen

This is why a book such as Portraits of Wittgenstein makes such compelling reading . It is a collection of essays written by people who knew or came into contact with Wittgenstein over the years. Most people who did so either hated him or loved him; almost all feared him . Even someone, such as this writer, who thinks there are philosophical problems, can find himself fascinated by, even rapt in this kaleidoscopic portrait of a genius, a saint-like holy fool of philosophy who lived his philosophy to the uttermost. The University Bookman