Verlag: Hillsdale-Hove, Lawrence Erlbaum Ass. Publishers. 1994, 1994
ISBN 10: 080580076X ISBN 13: 9780805800760
Anbieter: Antiquariaat Schot, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Niederlande
Original publisher's paperback, pictorial frontcover, large 8vo: xij, 264pp. Very fine copy - as new.
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Mär 1994, 1994
ISBN 10: 080580076X ISBN 13: 9780805800760
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Verlag: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Malden, Massachusetts and Oxford, England, 2005
Anbieter: Swan's Fine Books, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Walnut Creek, CA, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. First Edition. First printing, quarto size, 516 pp. (but over 1000 including both German and English pp., see below). The philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) has been vastly influential to artists and thinkers alike; despite having only one book published during his lifetime, Wittgenstein was a prolific writer and many of his manuscripts were published posthumously. This the first printing of his "Big Typescript": a collection of his writings dictated to a typist which Wittengenstein began revising even as he was dictating, "here set out in an en-face German-English scholars' edition, complete with clear indications to help the reader identify the various leverls of Wittgenstein's edition" (n.b., info and quote from jacket flap). ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full black cloth over boards, silver lettering stamped onto the spine, black endpapers, the German-language pages on the left (versos) and the English-language pages facing those, on the right (rectos); quarto size (9 7/8" by 6 7/8"), pagination: [i-v, preliminary pages] vi-xviiie [2] 1-506e (note that the publisher numbered the English pages with the same page number as the German with the letter 'e" appended), 507-512 ("Register") 513-516 ("Index"). The dust jacket is unclipped (albeit unpriced), on the front panel an image of Wittgenstein overlaid with a facimile of the annotated typescript, review blurbs on the back panel, short summary of work on the front flap, short bios of the editors/translators on the back flap. ___CONDITION: Volume fine overall, with clean boards, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; a minute spot at the top of the front joint, a very shallow ding to the bottom edge of the front board, else fine. The unclipped dust jacket near fine, clean with light overall edgewear and a few shallow unintended creases at the head of the spine and the top of the back panel. ___POSTAGE: Please note that this is an unusually large and heavy volume (as the actual page count is over 1000, including the German and English pages) and additional postage may apply; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Mär 1994, 1994
ISBN 10: 0805800751 ISBN 13: 9780805800753
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the past 15 years a host of critical thinking books have appeared that teach students to find flaws in the arguments of others by learning to detect a number of informal fallacies. This book is not in that tradition. The authors of this book believe that while students learn to become vicious critics, they still continue to make the very mistakes they criticize in others. Thus, this book has adopted the approach of teaching the construction of good arguments first and then introducing criticism as a secondary skill. Moreover, the emphasis of the book is not on learning to name fallacies, but on being able to identify weaknesses in an argument so as to be able to construct an effective critique of that argument. The book is accompanied by a workbook featuring a wealth of examples to help students acquire the material.