{"product_id":"a-companion-to-wittgensteins-tractatus-max-black-9780801400391","title":"A Companion to Wittgenstein's Tractatus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"It is one of the merits of Max Black's companion to the \u003cem\u003eTractatus\u003c\/em\u003e that he emphasizes the continuity of Wittgenstein's philosophical development by frequent quotation from his later writings.\"--\u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Black's book is, in effect, two books in one, and each of them is very good. First, there is the useful companion to the \u003cem\u003eTractatus\u003c\/em\u003e: the store of information that anyone who picked up the \u003cem\u003eTractatus\u003c\/em\u003e would want to have. Second, there are the interpretive essays: always judicious, frequently illuminating. It is hard to see how this book could have been more complete.\"--\u003cem\u003ePhilosophical Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the unquestioned philosophical masterpieces of modern times is Ludwig Wittgenstein? \u003cem\u003eTractatus Logico-Philosophicus\u003c\/em\u003e. It is a work of extreme compression. Within a compass of twenty thousand words, and in cryptic and elliptical sentences, Wittgenstein writes of the nature of the universe, the essence of language, the foundations of logic and mathematics, theories of probability, new ideas about philosophical method, and the work of Russell and Frege. He also makes scattered comments about the philosophy of science, ethics, religion, and mysticism. Inasmuch as Wittgenstein found it difficult, if not distasteful, to force philosophical thoughts and insights into a linear deductive order, a serious need for students is a collocation of scattered passages and a close com­mentary on the text. Both are provided in this brilliant study by a distinguished philosopher\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Max Black\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801400392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801400391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/1964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 468\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d","brand":"Max Black","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43947170431231,"sku":"9780801400391","price":53.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_91b19991-8aa0-4e7d-a78a-bad633d855e8.jpg?v=1681517137","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-companion-to-wittgensteins-tractatus-max-black-9780801400391","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}