Screen LibraryWittgenstein on colour /
This volume is the first collection of articles dedicated to Wittgenstein s thoughts on colour, focusing in particular on his so-called Remarks on Colour, a piece of writing that has received comparably little attention from Wittgenstein scholars. The articles discuss why Wittgenstein wrote so inten...
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De Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin/Boston : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Publications of the austrian ludwig wittgenstein society new series (n.s.);
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| Online Access: |
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| Summary: |
This volume is the first collection of articles dedicated to Wittgenstein s thoughts on colour, focusing in particular on his so-called Remarks on Colour, a piece of writing that has received comparably little attention from Wittgenstein scholars. The articles discuss why Wittgenstein wrote so intensively about colour during the last years of his life andwhat significance these remarks have for understanding his philosophical work in general. |
| Carrier Form: |
1 online resource (vii, 124 pages) : illustrations. Also available in print edition. |
| ISBN: | 9783110351101 |
| Index Number: | B105 |
| CLC: | B842.2 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Works of Ludwig Wittgenstein -- When and why was Remarks on Colour written and why is it important to know? / "We Have a Colour System as We Have a Number System" / Green and Orange Colour and Space in Wittgenstein / Propositions About Blue Wittgenstein on the Concept of Colour / Did Wittgenstein have a Theory of Colour? / "Imagine a Tribe of Colour-Blind People" / Reddish Green / Wittgenstein as a Commentator on the Psychology and Anthropology of Colour / Concepts of Colour and Limits of Understanding / Notes on the Contributors -- Index -- Names. |