The Tree of Knowledge and Other Essays

by Georg Henrik von Wright

In an autobiographical introduction the author tells about the two forces which have shaped his intellectual life: philosophy as an academic profession and philosophy as a search for a view of life. The book, accordingly, divides in two parts.
The essays in the first part survey developments in logic and analytical philosophy in the perspective of the closing century and in the light of the author's long experience and participation in them. There...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004097643
• ISBN13: 9789004097643
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.7"