{"product_id":"how-to-read-wittgenstein-9780393328202","title":"How to Read Wittgenstein","description":"Approaching the writing of major intellectuals, artists, and philosophers need no longer be daunting. \u003cem\u003eHow to Read\u003c\/em\u003e is a new sort of introduction--a personal master class in reading--that brings you face to face with the work of some of the most influential and challenging writers in history. In lucid, accessible language, these books explain essential topics such as Wittgenstein's determination to insist on the integrity and the autonomy of nonscientific forms of understanding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Though Wittgenstein wrote on the same subjects that dominate the work of other analytic philosophers -- the nature of logic, the limits of language, the analysis of meaning -- he did so in a peculiarly poetic style that separates his work sharply from that of his peers and makes the question of how to read him particularly pertinent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At the root of Wittgenstein's thought, Monk argues, is a determination to resist the scientism characteristic of our age, a determination to insist on the integrity and the autonomy of non-scientific forms of understanding. The kind of understanding we seek in philosophy, Wittgenstein tried to make clear, is similar to the kind we might seek of a person, a piece of music, or, indeed, of a poem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonk, Ray:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eRay Monk\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eLudwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius\u003c\/em\u003e and of a two-volume biography of Bertrand Russell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCritchley, Simon:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSimon Critchley\u003c\/strong\u003e is a best-selling author and the Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research. His many books include \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Dead Philosophers, Bowie\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTragedy, the Greeks, and Us\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523567292690,"sku":"9780393328202","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b7b037e0-78c0-4e45-bee8-37116e8be7e4.jpg?v=1731152752","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-read-wittgenstein-9780393328202","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}