Wittgenstein: Lectures, Cambridge 1930–1933: From the Notes of G. E. Moore

Cambridge University Press, 11/17/2016
EAN 9781107041165, ISBN10: 1107041163

Hardcover, 482 pages, 24.1 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

This edition of G. E. Moore's notes taken at Wittgenstein's seminal Cambridge lectures in the early 1930s provides, for the first time, an almost verbatim record of those classes. The presentation of the notes is both accessible and faithful to their original manuscripts, and a comprehensive introduction and synoptic table of contents provide the reader with essential contextual information and summaries of the topics in each lecture. The lectures form an excellent introduction to Wittgenstein's middle-period thought, covering a broad range of philosophical topics, ranging from core questions in the philosophy of language, mind, logic, and mathematics, to illuminating discussions of subjects on which Wittgenstein says very little elsewhere, including ethics, religion, aesthetics, psychoanalysis, and anthropology. The volume also includes a 1932 essay by Moore critiquing Wittgenstein's conception of grammar, together with Wittgenstein's response. A companion website offers access to images of the entire set of source manuscripts.

Editorial introduction
Synoptic table of contents
Lectures, Cambridge, 1930–3
from the notes of G. E. Moore
Lent term, 1930
May term, 1930
Michaelmas term, 1930
Lent term, 1931
May term, 1931
May term, 1932
Michaelmas term, 1932
Lent term, 1933
May term, 1933
Appendix
Moore's short paper on Wittgenstein on grammar
Biographies
Moore's abbreviations
Bibliography
Index.