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Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Remarks on colour / Bemerkungen uber die Farben Ludwig Wittgenstein ; edited by G. E. M. Anscombe ; translated by Linda L. McAlister and Margarete Schattle. - Oxford [Eng.] : B. Blackwell, 1978, c1977. - 63, 63 p. ; 23 cm.

Added t.p.: Bemerkungen uber die Farben. English and German. Opposite pages numbered in duplicate.

This book comprises material on colour which was written by Wittgenstein in the last eighteen months of his life: material which has been eagerly awaited by the philosophical community. It is one of the few documents which shows him concentratedly at work on a single philosophical issue. The principal theme is the features of different colours, of different kinds of colour (metallic colour, the colours of flames, etc.) and of luminosity - a theme which Wittgenstein treats in such a way as to destroy the traditional idea that colour is a simple and logically uniform kind of thing,

ISBN: 9780631116417 (pbk. )

LCCN: 79344747

Nat. Bib. No.: GB***

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Color--Psychological aspects.
Color vision
philosophy.

LC Class. No.: BF789.C7 / W513 1978

Dewey Class. No.: IP 110 WIT