Ludwig Wittgenstein: Texts & Contexts

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Database Language: German/English

Contents: The first 25 issues of the Schriftenreihe (publications series) from the Wittgenstein Gesellschaft of Austria, most of which are in English. The series includes 2 issues with original texts from Wittgenstein: his Wörterbuch für Volkschulen (1926 - SWG Band 1), one of only two extended texts published in his lifetime; and the Familienbriefe (SWG Band 23), containing the correspondence of Wittgenstein with his family.

The series features original contributions from some of the foremost philosophers of the last quarter century, including: Alan Gibbard, Joel Feinberg, Mario Bunge, Roderick Chisholm, Jakko Hintikka, Nicholas Rescher, Hector-Neri Castañeda, Bernard Williams, Bas van Fraassen, David Pears, G. E. M. Anscombe, Nelson Goodman, A. J. Ayer, Kurt Baier, Amartya Sen, Brian McGuinness,  Carl Hempel, John Searle, Hilary Putnam, Rudolf Haller, G. H. von Wright, Norman Malcolm, Michael Dummet, Simon Blackburn and Stephen Toulmin. 

Many of these volumes are no longer in print. A description of the volumes which remain in print is available here. 

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Wittgenstein Texts & Contexts		CD-ROM	Web Server	SGML	Credit
Individual		$550	n/a	n/a	n/a
Institutional		$1100	n/a	n/a	n/a
Campus-wide		$2200	$2200	call	n/a
ISBN#	Windows	1-57085-252-9	1-57085-126-3
	Macintosh	1-57085-087-9

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