Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius

by Ray Monk

Overview

"Great philosophical biographies can be counted on one hand. Monk's life of Wittgenstein is such a one."—The Christian Science Monitor.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780140159950
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/01/1991
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	704
Sales rank:	358,534
Product dimensions:	6.13(w) x 9.24(h) x 1.49(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Ray Monk is the author of Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius, for which he was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the Duff Cooper Prize.  He is also the author of Robert Oppenheimer and a two-volume biography of Bertrand Russell. He is a professor of philosophy at the University of Southampton.

Table of Contents

Ludwig Wittgenstein - Ray Monk Introduction
I. 1889-1919
1. The Laboratory for Self-destruction
2. Manchester
3. Russell's Protégé
4. Russell's Master
5. Norway
6. Behind the Lines
7. At the Front
II. 1919-1928
8. The Unprintable Truth
9. "An Entirely Rural Affair"
10. Out of the Wilderness
III. 1929-41
11. The Second Coming
12. The "Verificationist Phase"
13. The Fog Clears
14. A New Beginning
15. Francis
16. Language-games: The Blue and Brown Books
17. Joining the Ranks
18. Confessions
19. Finis Austriae
20. The Reluctant Professor
IV. 1941-51
21. War Work
22. Swansea
23. The Darkness of This Time
24. A Change of Aspect
25. Ireland
26. A Citizen of No Community
27. Storeys End
Appendix: Bartley's Wittgenstein and the Coded Remarks
References
Select Bibliography
Index