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Book Title: Representation And Reality In Wittgenstein's Tractatus
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Representation and Reality in Wittgenstein's Tractatus
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2015
Subject: Individual Philosophers, General
Item Height: 0.9 in
Item Weight: 19.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: José L. Zalabardo
Subject Area: Philosophy
Item Length: 9.4 in
Item Width: 6.8 in
Format: Hardcover
