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THE CLAIM OF REASON
WITTGENSTEIN, SKEPTICISM, MORALITY, AND TRAGEDY |
| By: |
Stanley Cavell |
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Paperback |
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£49.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
019513107X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780195131079 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 May, 1999 |
| Pages: |
538 |
| Description: |
This new paperback edition restores this landmark work to its orginal trim size, replacing the previous paperback that has sold about 8000 copies since it was published in 1982. The author has provided a new Preface, in which he discusses the reception and influence of the work, which occupies a unique niche between philosophy and literary studies. The Claim of Reason continues to be recognized as Cavell's masterpiece, and was the central topic of a bookpublished by OUP UK in 1994 (Stephen Mulhall, Stanley Cavell: Philosophy's Recounting of the Ordinary). |
| Synopsis: |
This reissue of an American philosophical classic includes a new preface by Cavell, in which he discusses the work's reception and influence. The work fosters a fascinating relationship between philosophy and literature both by augmenting his philosophical discussions with examples from literature and by applying philosophical theories to literary texts. Cavell also succeeds in drawing some very important parallels between the British analytic tradition and the continental tradition, by comparing scepticism as understood in Descartes, Hume, and Kant with philosophy of language as practiced by Wittgenstein and Austin. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press Inc |
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