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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewKevin M. Cahill knows the relevant literature well and deploys it with care and sophistication, developing an interpretation that confirms and enhances the intrinsic intellectual interest of resolute and therapeutic readings of Wittgenstein. -- Stephen Mulhall, New College, Oxford University, author of Wittgenstein's Private Language: Grammar, Nonsense, and Imagination in Philosophical Investigations ...a worthy contribution to this discussion. Choice ...a book of multiple ambitions, skillfully juggled and substantially realized. -- Naomi Scheman Austrain Sstudies NewsMagazine
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction Part I 1. Interpreting the Tractatus 2. The Ethical Purpose of the Tractatus 3. A Resolute Failure Conclusion to Part I Part II 4. The Concept of Progress in Wittgenstein's Thought 5. The Truly Apocalyptic View 6. The Fate of Metaphysics Notes Bibliography Index
