wittgensteins lectures cambridge 1930 1932 notes von wittgenstein ludwig (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 0631107517. 1980, bright clean copy, with dustjacket, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981.

Paperback. Zustand: Good.

Zustand: Used - Very Good. 1982. Paperback. Pap. Minor shelf wear; light toning and rubbing to wraps. Else fine. A sound copy with clean, unmarked internals. Very Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 20.5 x 13.5 cm. Octavo. 124pp. Index. Light creasing to spine.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Minor edge wear and handling soil to covers of both volumes. The 1930-32 volume has a 14 cm moderate crease along the top front cover. Light moderate rubbing and handling soil to both spines. In very good- shape overall.

FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE. Half title + TP + [v] = Contents + [vii] = Acknowledgement + ix-xvii = Introduction + [xix] = Quote page + 1-124. Octavo. First Edition, Second Issue (Fr/McG: W.s lectures. Cambridge 1930-32, p. 46). First UK Edition of His Student's 1930-1932 NotesThis copy is identical in every way to the US edition - excepting only for the title page. For his first ever "Philosophy" course, Wittgenstein started by stating categorically the landscape of what lies ahead:Philosophy is an attempt to be rid of a particular kind of puzzlement. This "philosophic" puzzlement is one of the intellect and not of instinct. Philosophic puzzles are irrelevant to our every-day life. They are puzzles of language. Instinctively we use language rightly; but to the intellect this is a puzzle.While anticipating the mathematical emphasis that would be seen in his 1932-1935 lectures, this series is something of an "awkward phase" as Wittgenstein experimented with new ideas, but was not entirely willing to let go of his old style. That said, it offers useful and novel formulations regarding his philosophy of language, blending the future precision of the Philosophical Investigations with some familiar content from the Tractatus. Regarding the accuracy of these important and revealing notes, John King claimed - with Desmond Lee commenting - that:To the best of my ability I concentrated on taking down whatever W. said verbatim. I never made any attempt to find my own terms, comparisons or examples, nor to alter his words or their order. The effort of note-taking made such changes impossible, even if I had felt capable of making them. W. never dictated notes but treated his lectures and discussions as if he were doing so. Of course not everything could be got down, but I got down all I could. The difficulty lay in following what was often a difficult argument, with frequent digressions, harking back and repetition, and if he would often hesitate and pause before speaking it was in J.E.K.'s words from "his intense desire to pick just the right word or phrase for his purpose, or to choose the most telling illustration or example to convey his meaning. He must have the exact word or phrase; nothing else would do." [See our Catalog 24: Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Man and His Thought for a collection of 81 books and pamphlets by and about Wittgenstein.] Publisher's original photo dust jacket with green lettering to the front and the spine. There is a small serrated 1½" circular gold label to the lower left corner of the front cover noting "Publisher's Special Book Sale - £1.95". The rear panel has a black and white listing of all the other Wittgenstein books published by Blackwell. Over the publisher's original green cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. There is a 3" x 4" loose sheet noting "With Compliments" from Blackwell serted just inside the front cover. A really lovely copy of the uncommon British issue of this book. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Half title + TP + [v] = Contents + [vii] = Acknowledgement + ix-xvii = Introduction + [xix] = Quote page + 1-124. Octavo. First Edition, First Issue (Fr/McG: W.s lectures. Cambridge 1930-32, p. 46). First Edition of His Student's 1930-1932 NotesFor his first ever "Philosophy" course, Wittgenstein started by stating categorically the landscape of what lies ahead:Philosophy is an attempt to be rid of a particular kind of puzzlement. This "philosophic" puzzlement is one of the intellect and not of instinct. Philosophic puzzles are irrelevant to our every-day life. They are puzzles of language. Instinctively we use language rightly; but to the intellect this is a puzzle.While anticipating the mathematical emphasis that would be seen in his 1932-1935 lectures, this series is something of an "awkward phase" as Wittgenstein experimented with new ideas, but was not entirely willing to let go of his old style. That said, it offers useful and novel formulations regarding his philosophy of language, blending the future precision of the Philosophical Investigations with some familiar content from the Tractatus. Regarding the accuracy of these important and revealing notes, John King claimed - with Desmond Lee commenting - that:To the best of my ability I concentrated on taking down whatever W. said verbatim. I never made any attempt to find my own terms, comparisons or examples, nor to alter his words or their order. The effort of note-taking made such changes impossible, even if I had felt capable of making them. W. never dictated notes but treated his lectures and discussions as if he were doing so. Of course not everything could be got down, but I got down all I could. The difficulty lay in following what was often a difficult argument, with frequent digressions, harking back and repetition, and if he would often hesitate and pause before speaking it was in J.E.K.'s words from "his intense desire to pick just the right word or phrase for his purpose, or to choose the most telling illustration or example to convey his meaning. He must have the exact word or phrase; nothing else would do." [See our Catalog 24: Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Man and His Thought for a collection of 81 books and pamphlets by and about Wittgenstein.] Publisher's original photo dust jacket with green lettering to the front and the spine. The rear panel has a black and white listing of other Wittgenstein books "also this series". Over the publisher's original green cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. With former owner's (Robert F Thimmesh) bookplate to the inside front cover and his signature to the top of the title page. Otherwise, an immaculate copy of the important and popular book of Wittgenstein's earliest lectures. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

First US editions of these lecture notes by some of Wittgenstein's most distinguished students. "It was through these pupils that Wittgenstein's new ideas were transmitted" (ODNB). They were published simultaneously in the UK by Basil Blackwell, Oxford. "Wittgenstein's classes at Cambridge became legendary. They were typically held in his rooms in Whewell's Court, Trinity College, or in the rooms of a friend, and lasted for two hours. He spoke without notes, thinking on his feet with intense concentration. Questions were invited, and his classes often consisted of dialogue. His discourses, like his writings, were illustrated with a wealth of vivid imaginary examples, wonderful metaphors and similes. His themes throughout the 1930s ranged over philosophy and its nature, the philosophy of logic and language, the intentionality of thought and language, the critique of metaphysics, solipsism and idealism, the philosophy of mathematics, and, later in the decade, sense data and private experience, cause and effect, aesthetics, religious belief, and Freudian psychology" (ODNB). Alice Ambrose (1906-2001) worked chiefly on logic and mathematical philosophy and was one of the few students to whom Wittgenstein dictated his "Blue" and "Brown" books. The ideas traced in these formed the basis of his later philosophy as expressed in Philosophical Investigations (1953). Margaret MacDonald (1903-1956) worked in the fields of the philosophy of language, political philosophy, and aesthetics, alongside lecturing on ethics to Home Office staff. Desmond Lee (1908-1993) specialized in ancient philosophy. Frongia & McGuiness, p. 46. Two works, octavo. Diagrams within text. Original blue or green cloth, spines lettered in gilt. With photographic dust jackets. Extremities of second work rubbed; jackets unclipped, production flaw to first work resulting in misaligned spine panel, short closed tear to front panel of second work: near-fine copies in very good jackets.