Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Humanities Press
Pages: 295
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978-1-59102-326-5 • Hardback • January 2006 • $61.00 • (£47.00) - Currently out of stock. Copies will arrive soon.
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""Newton Garver is the ideal interpreter of Wittgenstein. While faithful to the texts he applies them to problems Wittgenstein did not think of and which only the combination of Wittgenstein and Garver would have brought to light. The sort of clarity both of them aim at —it might be better called clear-sightedness—is neither easy to attain nor a mere embellishment. It molded Wittgenstein's life and can change ours.”—Brian McGuinness, formerly of the Universities of Oxford and SienaAuthor of Wittgenstein, A Life and Approaches to Wittgenstein“A refreshing and perceptive collection of papers that casts light on a wide range of topics in Wittgenstein interpretation. While Wittgenstein pursued clarity for its own sake, Garver's Quaker commitment to clarity is in service of advocacy, exegesis and criticism. Garver's focus on the nature and extent of his disagreement with Wittgenstein over why clarity should matter in philosophy results in an exemplary discussion of their differences, one that is respectful and insightful, yet also deeply critical.”—David G. Stern, Professor of Philosophy, University of IowaAuthor of Wittgenstein's "Philosophical Investigations”Coeditor of The Cambridge Companion to Wittgenstein“What is, I believe, most valuable in this interesting collection is the parts of it which consist in honest philosophizing in the service of serious—and nonviolent—political, ethical, and (in general) intellectual thought.“Newton Garver's has been a committed ethical and spiritual—not just a philosophical—life. It is refreshing to see a philosopher prepared to work hard to bring these together. Would that more philosophers were prepared to do so.“This collection is, in fact, Garver's taking stock of his lifelong contribution to contemporary intellectual culture. In the course of his intriguing attempt to bring Ryle and Wittgenstein into conversation with the likes of Martin Luther King and George Fox, Garver himself enters into a conversation with Wittgenstein, a conversation in which he and Wittgenstein often disagree, perhaps more often even than Garver realizes. Such conversations—such disagreements—can have real value: in particular, by throwing the philosophy of a great thinker like Wittgenstein into better relief.”—Dr. Rupert Read, Senior Lecturer in PhilosophyUniversity of East Anglia, Norwich (UK)Coeditor of The New Wittgenstein
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