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The claim of reason

Stanley Cavell · 1979

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"This new edition of Stanley Cavell's landmark text, first published 20 years ago, provides a new preface that discusses the reception and influence of his work, which occupies a unique niche between philosophy and literary studies."--Jacket.

First sentence: If not at the beginning of Wittgenstein's later philosophy, since what starts philosophy is no more to be known at the outset than how to make an end of it; and if not at the opening of Philosophical Investigations, since its opening is not to be confused with the starting of the philosophy it expresses, and since the terms in which that opening might be understood can hardly be given along with t

Book details

Year
1979
Language
English
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Editions
1
Pages
534
ISBN
9780195031959

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