David Pears
David Pears (8 August 1921 - 1 July 2009) was a British philosopher renowned for his work on Wittgenstein.[1] [2]
An Old Boy of Westminster School,[3] he was in the Royal Artillery during World War II, and was seriously injured in a practice gas attack. After leaving the army he studied classics at Balliol College, Oxford, and was then for many years a Fellow of Christ Church.
References
Works by David Pears
- Ludwig Wittgenstein. Viking Press 1970.
- Motivated Irrationality. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1984.
- The False Prison: A Study of the Development of Wittgenstein's Philosophy. 2 Vol. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1987/1988.
- Hume's System: An Examination of the First Book of His Treatise. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1991.
- Paradox and Platitude in Wittgenstein's Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2006.
Works on David Pears
- David Charles & William Child (Eds.) Wittgensteinian Themes: Essays in Honour of David Pears. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2002.
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