Beckett after Wittgenstein 9780810132160, 9780810132177, 9780810132184, 0810132168, 0810132176, 0810132184

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Beckett after Wittgenstein
9780810132160, 9780810132177, 9780810132184, 0810132168, 0810132176, 0810132184

Written within the tradition of Wittgenstein's work, these eight original essays in philosophical psychology are ei

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In this eminently readable study, Philip Wilson explores the later writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein and shows how a readi

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Textures of the Ordinary shows how life is marked not only by catastrophic events but also by the soft knife of economic

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Is the point of philosophy to transmit beliefs about the world, or can it sometimes have higher ambitions? In this bold

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The work presents thematically and convincingly the implied depth, rich content, and manifold conceptual ramifications o

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What does it mean for ethics to say, as Wittgenstein did, that philosophy “leaves everything as it is”? Though clearly a

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Is the point of philosophy to transmit beliefs about the world, or can it sometimes have higher ambitions? In this bold

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Stanley Cavell is a titan of the academic world; his work in aesthetics and philosophy has shaped both fields in the Uni

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Ludwig Wittgenstein revolucionó la historia del pensamiento en dos ocasiones, de ahí que se distingan dos etapas claras

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The volume explores the paradoxes at the core of Beckett’s poetics through the notion of ‘nothing’, analysed in its many

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