{"product_id":"leading-a-human-life-richard-eldridge-9780226203133","title":"Leading a Human Life: Wittgenstein, Intentionality, and Romanticism","description":"In this provocative new study, Richard Eldridge presents a highly original and compelling account of Wittgenstein's \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Investigations\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the most enduring yet enigmatic works of the twentieth century. He does so by reading the text as a dramatization of what is perhaps life's central motivating struggle-the inescapable human need to pursue an ideal of expressive freedom within the difficult terms set by culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Eldridge sees Wittgenstein as a Romantic protagonist, engaged in an ongoing internal dialogue over the nature of intentional consciousness, ranging over ethics, aesthetics, and philosophy of mind. The picture of the human mind that emerges through this dialogue unsettles behaviorism, cognitivism, and all other scientifically oriented orthodoxies. Leading a human life becomes a creative act, akin to writing a poem, of continuously seeking to overcome both complacency and skepticism. Eldridge's careful reconstruction of the central motive of Wittgenstein's work will influence all subsequent scholarship on it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Eldridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226203131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226203133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 6.09w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/1997 pg. 184","brand":"Richard Eldridge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47579566604543,"sku":"9780226203133","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca5a86e3-89db-4aef-82a9-98e33002342a.jpg?v=1763875087","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/leading-a-human-life-richard-eldridge-9780226203133","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}