Download or read book Paradox and Platitude in Wittgenstein's Philosophy written by David Pears and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2006-09-28 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paradox and Platitude in Wittgenstein's Philosophy is a concise and readable study of five intertwined themes at the heart of Wittgenstein's thought, written by one of his most eminent interpreters. David Pears offers penetrating investigations and lucid explications of some of the most influential and yet puzzling writings of twentieth-century philosophy. He focuses on the idea of language as a picture of the world; the phenomenon of linguistic regularity; the famous 'private language argument'; logical necessity; and ego and the self.