<p>Hanna Pitkin argues that Wittgenstein's later philosophy offers a revolutionary new conception of language, and hence a new and deeper understanding of ourselves and the world of human institutions and action.</p>
Wittgenstein: from mysticism to ordinary language : a study of Viennese positivism and the thought of Ludwig Wittgenstein
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- Publisher
- SUNY Press
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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