Gordon P. Baker

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Wittgenstein's Method (eBook, PDF)

Neglected Aspects

Redaktion: Morris, Katherine J.

Beschreibung

This is a collection of the key articles written by renowned Wittgenstein scholar, G.P. Baker, on Wittgenstein's later philosophy, published posthumously.

• Following Baker's death in 2002, the volume has been edited by collaborator and partner, Katherine Morris.
• Contains articles previously only available in other languages, and one previously unpublished paper.
• Completely distinct from the widely-known work Baker did with P.M.S. Hacker in the Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations (Blackwell Publishing, 1980-1996).

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Autor

G.P. Baker was a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford from 1967 until his death in 2002. He is the co-author with P.M.S. Hacker of a number of books on Wittgenstein, including the first two volumes of the four-volume Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations (Blackwell Publishing 1980-1996), and with Katherine Morris of Descartes' Dualism (1996). He also wrote numerous articles on Wittgenstein, Frege, Russell, Waismann and Descartes.

Katherine Morris is a Lecturer and Fellow at Mansfield College, Oxford University. She and G.P. Baker co-authored Descartes' Dualism (1996). She has published a number of articles on Wittgenstein, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty and Descartes, and is the author of 'Sartre' (forthcoming from Blackwell Publishing).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470753071
• Artikelnr.: 38206101

Rezensionen

Gordon Baker, together with P. M . S. Hacker, was instrumental inthe elaboration of what has become the standard interpretation ofWittgenstein's later work. In a dramatic turnabout, in his lateryears, Baker came to the conclusion that that interpretation, whichhe had done so much to help consolidate, was fundamentally flawed,exegetically and philosophically. He embarked on the task ofputting forward a radically new interpretation of Wittgenstein'slater philosophy -- an interpretation which has seemed to some tobe a perverse dismantling of his life's work, while seeming toothers, myself included, to open up exciting new possibilities andto help put us in a position to better understand what Wittgensteinwas really up to. Baker was in the midst of developing this newinterpretation in a series of articles, when his tragic early deathbrought the project to an abrupt halt. This volume collects thosearticles. Any serious student of Wittgenstein's philosophy willwant to own this book. James Conant, University ofChicago

`The essays in this volume are replete with a wealth ofhistorical and linguistic detail. They contain the combination ofcareful textual exegesis and rigorous analysis which wascharacteristic of Baker's work generally.' Dr Mark Addis,International Journal of Philosophical Studies (2005)