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[Eisworth]

I don't know if you've seen Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus before --- it's a very short book written as a series of numbered (and often cryptic) statements. Nevertheless, it is considered one of the most important philosophical achievements of the 20th Century.

I wanted a little preparation before I tackled it, so I purchased this little book --- it's from the series "Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts" --- to get me started.

I was a little disappointed; I was looking for something with a bit wider view. Parts of this book were ok, but a great deal of it is spent arguing for a particular interpretation of W.'s work and I didn't find it particularly illuminating.
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Todd Eisworth
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ohio University

[jeffp]

I see by the rate at which I am updating the index pages and for whom that the "Eiswoth Juggernaught" is rolling again. What bugs me is that you're reading things like this rather than "lighter fare".

You're a very scary person, Todd.

[Eisworth]

Well, I'm only teaching one course this quarter, and it's in my specialty. I'd have read more except I've been spending a heck of a lot of time practicing piano!
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Todd Eisworth
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ohio University