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    Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction
    Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction
    Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction
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    Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction

    Written by A. C. Grayling

    Narrated by Kyle Munley

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    About this audiobook

    Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was an extraordinarily original thinker, whose influence on twentieth-century thinking far outside the bounds of philosophy alone. In this engaging Introduction, A. C. Grayling makes Wittgenstein's thought accessible to the general listener by explaining the nature and impact of Wittgenstein's views. He describes both his early and later philosophy, the differences and connections between them, and gives a fresh assessment of Wittgenstein's continuing influence on contemporary thought.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJun 8, 2021
    ISBN9781666130324
    Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction
    Author

    A. C. Grayling

    A. C. Grayling is the Founder and Principal of the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University, London, and its Professor of Philosophy. Among his many books are The God Argument, Democracy and Its Crisis, The History of Philosophy, The Good State and The Frontiers of Knowledge. He has been a regular contributor to The Times, Guardian, Financial Times, Independent on Sunday, Economist, New Statesman, Prospect and New European. He appears frequently on radio and TV, including Newsnight and CNN News. He lives in London.

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      The subject matter of this book is not something for the ordinary reasonable reader, even a tertiary educated one. On the other hand, a biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein makes compelling reading. We all use language and it is almost a miracle to observe how infants learn to speak, sometimes in two different languages if a product of a cross cultural marriage. This book is about the philosophical question “what is language?. The author - a professional philosopher - is attempting to explain Wittgenstein’s theory of language. But the explanation was lost on this reader. I imagine what it would be like for a lay person in medieval times listening to scholastic theologians grappling with the question “how many angels could fit on the tip of a pin?” It is of academic interest only!