Wittgenstein's Whewell's Court Lectures : Cambridge, 1938-1941, from the notes by Yorick Smythies /: Cambridge, 1938-1941, from the notes by Yorick Smythies. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited, introduced and annotated by Volker A. Munz and Bernhard Ritter.
• Authors: Smythies, Yorick, 1917-1980
• Editors: Munz, Volker; Ritter, Bernhard, 1973-
• Contents: Preface ix Editorial Introduction xiv List of Editorial Conventions xx Abbreviations xxii WHEWELL’S COURT LECTURES, CAMBRIDGE 1938–1941 1 1 Lectures on Knowledge 6; ⟨Easter Term 1938⟩ 2 Lectures on Necessary Propositions and Other Topics 50; ⟨Easter Term 1938⟩ Lectures on Gödel 50 Puzzle of Trinity College 57 Necessary Propositions 62 Continuation. (Notes taken by J.C.T.) 72 ‘Absolutely Determinate’ 74 Continuous Band of Colours 76 Are There an Infinite Number of Shades of Colour? 77 ‘All There’: Logical Necessity 78 Achilles and the Tortoise 82 Infinitesimal Calculus and Free Will 83 3 Lectures on Similarity 88; ⟨Michaelmas Term 1939⟩ 4 Lectures on Description 137; ⟨Lent Term 1940⟩ 5 Wittgenstein’s Reply to a Paper by Y. Smythies on ‘Understanding’ 190; ⟨Lent Term 1940⟩ 6 Lectures on Belief 203; ⟨Easter Term 1940⟩ 7 Lectures on Volition 254; ⟨Michaelmas Term 1940⟩ 8 Lectures on Freedom of the Will 282; ⟨Lent Term 1941⟩ Appendix 297 9 Y. Smythies’ 1940 Paper on ‘Understanding’ 300 10 Preparatory Notes for Y. Smythies’ 1945 Paper on ‘Meaning’ 308 11 The King of the Dark Chamber, by Rabindranath Tagore, translated from the English of Rabindranath Tagore into the English used 327; L. Wittgenstein and Yorick Smythies 12 Comments Prompted by the Notes Taken From Wittgenstein’s Lectures on Volition and on Freewill 336; Y. Smythies Bibliography 348 Index 000
• Publisher Details: Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 121; Knowledge, Theory of; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119166382; 1119166381; 9781119166399
• Related ISBNs: 111916639X; 9781119166337
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (John Wiley, viewed April 12, 2017).
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