World and Life as One: Ethics and Ontology in Wittgenstein’s Early Thought

Martin Stokhof

Published by Stanford University Press 2002

World and Life as One

Ethics and Ontology in Wittgenstein’s Early Thought

Martin Stokhof

In the series Cultural Memory in the Present

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804779845

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About this book

This book explores in detail the relation between ontology and ethics in the early work of Ludwig Wittgenstein, notably the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and, to a lesser extent, the Notebooks, 1914-1916. Requiring no prior knowledge of Wittgenstein's thought, it is the first book-length argument that his views on ethics decisively shaped his ontological and semantic thought.

Author / Editor information

Martin Stokhof is Professor of the Philosophy of Language and Scientific Director of the Institute for Logic, Language, and Communication at the University of Amsterdam. He is a co-author of Logic, Language, and Meaning, Volumes 1 and 2, and a textbook (in Dutch) on the philosophy of language.

Reviews

Göran Sundholm:
"This is an outstanding book. Owing to its broad and balanced scope, I know of no better book on the Tractatus. It is unique in covering in depth both the ontological-technical aspects and the ethical parts of that work."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface Martin Stokhof Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Note on Translations Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
1 Backgrounds Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Main Themes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
3. Language and Ontology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
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Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 352

eBook

Published: August 7, 2002
ISBN: 9780804779845