{"product_id":"wittgenstein-gordon-p-baker-9781405199247","title":"Wittgenstein: Understanding and Meaning: Volume 1 of an Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations, Part I: Essays","description":"This is a much revised and extended new edition of \u003ci\u003ePart I\u003c\/i\u003e of the first volume of the monumental four-volume \u003ci\u003eAnalytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eTakes into account much new material that was unavailable when the first edition was written\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFollowing Baker's death in 2002, P.M.S. Hacker has rewritten many essays completely\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePart I: Essays\u003c\/i\u003e now includes two completely new essays: 'Meaning and Use' and 'The Recantation of a Metaphysician'; the essays: 'The Augustinian Conception of Language', 'The Language-Game Method', 'Contextual Dicta and Contextual Principles', 'Philosophy', 'Surveyability and Surveyable Representations', and 'Truth and the General Propositional Form' are redrafted and expanded, incorporating new source materials and new arguments, as well as taking into account debates of the last quarter of a century\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe accompanying \u003ci\u003ePart II: Exegesis   1-184\u003c\/i\u003e - has been thoroughly revised in the light of the electronic publication of Wittgenstein's \u003ci\u003eNachlass\u003c\/i\u003e, and includes many new interpretations of the remarks, a history of the composition of the \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Investigations\u003c\/i\u003e and an overview of its structure.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe revisions will ensure that this remains the definitive reference work on Wittgenstein's masterpiece for the foreseeable future\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gordon P. Baker, P. M. S. Hacker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1405199245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781405199247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/14\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Gordon P. Baker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925441773823,"sku":"9781405199247","price":48.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ed5a5460-e280-4ea0-8d6f-087b9d517300.jpg?v=1681077296","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wittgenstein-gordon-p-baker-9781405199247","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}