Lecture on Ethics by Ludwig Wittgenstein (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Lecture on Ethics by Ludwig Wittgenstein, Edoardo Zamuner, Ermelinda Valentina Di Lascio, D.K. Levy The most complete edition yet published of Wittgenstein s 1929 lecture includes a never-before published first draft and makes fresh claims for its significance in Wittgenstein s oeuvre. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The most complete edition yet published of Wittgensteins 1929 lecture includes a never-before published first draft and makes fresh claims for its significance in Wittgensteins oeuvre. The first available print publication of all known drafts of Wittgensteins Lecture on EthicsIncludes a previously unrecognized first draft of the lecture and new transcriptions of all draftsTranscriptions preserve the philosophers emendations thus showing the development of the ideas in the lectureProposes a different draft as the version read by Wittgenstein in his 1929 lectureIncludes introductory essays on the origins of the material and on its meaning, content, and importance Back Cover The most complete treatment to date of Wittgensteins Lecture on Ethics , this book refutes a common view that it is a relatively minor, tangential work. Indeed, it is unique as Wittgensteins sole work focused on ethics and his only lecture to a non-academic audience, The Heretics. Both make the Lecture on Ethics an accessible and personal account of the moral perspective of one of the most remarkable philosophers of the 20th century. The editors have collected all the known drafts of the lecture, including the earliest. They prove that the lecture was neither a perfunctory nor ad hoc work of the moment as sometimes thought, but underwent substantive, careful revision. Presented in its entirety, with all of Wittgensteins emendations preserved, scholars can now trace every detail of the development of this most unusual work. The editors propose for the first time that an alternative version of the lecture was read by Wittgenstein to the 1929 meeting of the free-thinking society, The Heretics. The volume includes two essays explaining the origin of the lecture and the moral perspective it unfolds. The process of its development reveals that it is not at heart a thesis about language and ethics. Instead, Wittgenstein describes the way in which one approaches the ethical in wonder, rather than in the search for explanations. This major addition to the literature on Wittgenstein makes his Lecture on Ethics accessible to a wider readership and affirms its status as the expression of Wittgensteins enduring view of ethics. Flap The most complete treatment to date of Wittgensteins Lecture on Ethics , this book refutes a common view that it is a relatively minor, tangential work. Indeed, it is unique as Wittgensteins sole work focused on ethics and his only lecture to a non-academic audience, The Heretics. Both make the Lecture on Ethics an accessible and personal account of the moral perspective of one of the most remarkable philosophers of the 20th century. The editors have collected all the known drafts of the lecture, including the earliest. They prove that the lecture was neither a perfunctory nor ad hoc work of the moment as sometimes thought, but underwent substantive, careful revision. Presented in its entirety, with all of Wittgensteins emendations preserved, scholars can now trace every detail of the development of this most unusual work. The editors propose for the first time that an alternative version of the lecture was read by Wittgenstein to the 1929 meeting of the free-thinking society, The Heretics. The volume includes two essays explaining the origin of the lecture and the moral perspective it unfolds. The process of its development reveals that it is not at heart a thesis about language and ethics. Instead, Wittgenstein describes the way in which one approaches the ethical in wonder, rather than in the search for explanations. This major addition to the literature on Wittgenstein makes his Lecture on Ethics accessible to a wider readership and affirms its status as the expression of Wittgensteins enduring view of ethics. Author Biography Edoardo Zamuner is a postdoctoral fellow in the Philosophy Department of the University of Hong Kong. He has conducted research at University College London and the universities of Bologna and Melbourne. He has been a visiting researcher in the Wittgenstein Archives of the University of Bergen. Zamuner co-edited Wittgensteins Enduring Arguments (2009) with David Levy. Ermelinda Valentina Di Lascio is a Mairie de Paris Research Fellow at the Léon Robin Centre for the Study of Ancient Thought at the University of Paris-Sorbonne, France. She has published work on Wittgenstein, Aristotles Sophistical Refutations, and on ancient philosophical texts written on papyri. She is a former Leverhulme Early Career Fellow and Scholar of St Johns College, Cambridge. D.K. Levy is a teaching fellow in the School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, UK, where he lectures on moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. His research explores the nature of understanding, especially moral understanding. Dr Levy has published papers on moral philosophy, Wittgenstein and cognitive psychology. Table of Contents Acknowledgments vii 1 Introduction: The Content of a Lecture on Ethics 1 2 Established Text of the Lecture: MS 139b Normalized 42 3 The Manuscripts of a Lecture on Ethics 52 4 Description of the Manuscripts 66 5 Symbols Used in the Diplomatic Transcriptions 69 6 Proto-Draft: Diplomatic Transcription 71 7 MS 139a: Diplomatic Transcription 77 8 MS 139b: Diplomatic Transcription 101 9 TS 207: Diplomatic Transcription 123 References 135 Index 137 Long Description The most complete treatment to date of Wittgenstein s Lecture on Ethics , this book refutes a common view that it is a relatively minor, tangential work. Indeed, it is unique as Wittgenstein s sole work focused on ethics and his only lecture to a non-academic audience, The Heretics. Both make the Lecture on Ethics an accessible and personal account of the moral perspective of one of the most remarkable philosophers of the 20th century. The editors have collected all the known drafts of the lecture, including the earliest. They prove that the lecture was neither a perfunctory nor ad hoc work of the moment as sometimes thought, but underwent substantive, careful revision. Presented in its entirety, with all of Wittgenstein s emendations preserved, scholars can now trace every detail of the development of this most unusual work. The editors propose for the first time that an alternative version of the lecture was read by Wittgenstein to the 1929 meeting of the free-thinking society, The Details ISBN1118842677 Year 2014 ISBN-10 1118842677 ISBN-13 9781118842676 Format Hardcover Media Book Edited by D. K. Levy Edition 1st DEWEY 170 Short Title LECTURE ON ETHICS Language English Author D.K. Levy Birth 1889 Death 1951 UK Release Date 2014-08-08 AU Release Date 2014-08-25 NZ Release Date 2014-08-25 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd Publication Date 2014-08-08 Imprint Wiley-Blackwell Place of Publication Hoboken Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2014-08-08 Pages 160 Country of Publication United Kingdom We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:87618858;

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