{"product_id":"wittgensteins-whewells-court-lectures-volker-munz-9781119166337","title":"Wittgenstein's Whewell's Court Lectures: Cambridge, 1938 - 1941, from the Notes by Yorick Smythies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWittgenstein's Whewell's Court Lectures\u003c\/i\u003e contains previously unpublished notes from lectures given by Ludwig Wittgenstein between 1938 and 1941. The volume offers new insight into the development of Wittgenstein's thought and includes some of the finest examples of Wittgenstein's lectures in regard to both content and reliability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eMany notes in this text refer to lectures from which no other detailed notes survive, offering new contexts to Wittgenstein's examples and metaphors, and providing a more thorough and systematic treatment of many topics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEach set of notes is accompanied by an editorial introduction, a physical description and dating of the notes, and a summary of their relation to Wittgenstein's \u003ci\u003eNachlass\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers new insight into the development of Wittgenstein's ideas, in particular his ideas about certainty and concept-formation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe lectures include more than 70 illustrations of blackboard drawings, which underline the importance of visual thought in Wittgenstein's approach to philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChallenges the dating of some already published lecture notes, including the Lectures on Freedom of the Will and the Lectures on Religious Belief\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Volker Munz, Yorick Smythies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1119166330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781119166337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/08\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Volker Munz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120894603519,"sku":"9781119166337","price":134.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3f1f92d4-590a-4617-b538-92a210c6caf9.jpg?v=1687416885","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wittgensteins-whewells-court-lectures-volker-munz-9781119166337","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}