Böcker av P. M. S. (University of Oxford) Hacker

"In the exegesis of Wittgenstein, Peter Hacker's work is pre-eminent. This revised edition of Wittgenstein: Meaning and Mind shows him capable of surpassing even himself. Through the deepening of his own understanding and appreciation of Wittgenstein's arguments comes a deepening of the reader's. The result is exhilarating." --ADRIAN MOORE, University of Oxford "The Baker/Hacker commentary remains by far the most important and most impressive scholarly work on Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. This revised edition of Hacker's Volume 3 incorporates some illuminating new material in the exegetical part and contains four excellent new essays on the private language argument. Required reading for anyone seriously interested in Wittgenstein's philosophy of mind." --SEVERIN SCHROEDER, University of Reading

"In the exegesis of Wittgenstein, Peter Hacker's work is pre-eminent. This revised edition of Wittgenstein: Meaning and Mind shows him capable of surpassing even himself. Through the deepening of his own understanding and appreciation of Wittgenstein's arguments comes a deepening of the reader's. The result is exhilarating." --ADRIAN MOORE, University of Oxford "The Baker/Hacker commentary remains by far the most important and most impressive scholarly work on Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. This revised edition of Hacker's Volume 3 incorporates some illuminating new material in the exegetical part and contains four excellent new essays on the private language argument. Required reading for anyone seriously interested in Wittgenstein's philosophy of mind." --SEVERIN SCHROEDER, University of Reading

A survey of astonishing breadth and penetration. No cognitive neuroscientist should ever conduct an experiment in the domain of the emotions without reading this book, twice.Parashkev Nachev, Institute of Neurology, UCLThere is not a slack moment in the whole of this impressive work. With his remarkable facility for making fine distinctions, and his commitment to lucidity, Peter Hacker has subtly characterized those emotions such as pride, shame, envy, jealousy, love or sympathy which make up our all too human nature. This is an important book for philosophers but since most of its illustrative material comes from an astonishing range of British and European literature, it is required reading also for literary scholars, or indeed for anyone with an interest in understanding who and what we are.David Ellis, University of KentHuman beings are all subject to boundless flights of joy and delight, to flashes of anger and fear, to pangs of sadness and grief. We express our emotions in what we do, how we act, and what we say, and we can share our emotions with others and respond sympathetically to their feelings. Emotions are an intrinsic part of the human condition, and any study of human nature must investigate them. In this third volume of a major study in philosophical anthropology which has spanned nearly a decade, one of the most preeminent living philosophers examines and reflects upon the nature of the emotions, advancing the view that novelists, playwrights, and poets - rather than psychologists and cognitive neuroscientists - elaborate the most refined descriptions of their role in human life.In the book's early chapters, the author analyses the emotions by situating them in relation to other human passions such as affections, appetites, attitudes, and agitations. While presenting a detailed connective analysis of the emotions, Hacker challenges traditional ideas about them and criticizes misconceptions held by philosophers, psychologists, and cognitive neuroscientists.With the help of abundant examples and illustrative quotations from the Western literary canon, later sections investigate, describe, and disentangle the individual emotions - pride, arrogance, and humility; shame, embarrassment, and guilt; envy and jealousy; and anger. The book concludes with an analysis of love, sympathy, and empathy as sources of absolute value and the roots of morality.A masterful contribution, this study of the passions is essential reading for philosophers of mind, psychologists, cognitive neuroscientists, students of Western literature, and general readers interested in understanding the nature of the emotions and their place in our lives.

This fourth and final volume of the monumental commentary on Wittgensteina s Philosophical Investigations covers pp 428--693 of the book. Like the previous volumes, it consists of philosophical essays and exegesis.

The fourth and final volume of the analytical commentary on Wittgenstein's philosophical investigations covers 428-693. This volume of exgenesis dissects, develops, clarifies and evaluates Wittgenstein's arguments.

The fourth and final volume of the commentary on Wittgenstein's "Philosophical Investigations". Like the previous volumes, it consists of philosophical essays and exegesis. The nine essays cover all the major themes of this part of the work.

This third volume of the monumental commentary on Wittgensteina s Philosophical Investigations covers sections 243--427, which constitute the heart of the book. Like the previous volumes, it consists of philosophical essays and exegesis.

* Provides unique survey of analytic philosophy* Authoritative assessment of Wittgenstein, his achievements and influence* The culmination of 20 years of scholarship* The epilogue. .