Wittgenstein: Biography and Philosophy

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James C. Klagge
Cambridge University Press, Aug 13, 2001 - Biography & Autobiography - 272 pages
This collection of new essays deals with the relationship between Wittgenstein's life and his philosophy. The first two essays reflect on general problems inherent in philosophical biography itself. The essays that follow draw on recently published letters as well as recently published diaries from the 1930s to explore Wittgenstein's background as an engineer and its relation to the Tractatus, the impact of his schizoid personality on his approach to philosophy, his role as a diarist, letter-writer and polemicist, and finally the complex issue of Wittgenstein as a Jew.
 

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The Very Idea
3
Philosophy and Biography
16
Wittgenstein
51
Wittgenstein and the Minds Eye
53
Reflections on Wittgenstein as Antiphilosopher
98
How to Read Wittgensteins Diaries
156
Letters from a Philosopher
176
Wittgenstein and Reason
195
Wittgenstein and the Idea of Jewishness
221
Was Wittgenstein a Jew?
237
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