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Wittgenstein: Philosophy, Postmodernism, Pedagogy (Critical Studies in Education and Culture Series)
Wittgenstein Philosophy Postmodernism Pedagogy - Critical Studies in Education and Culture Series Author:Michael Peters, James Marshall Wittgenstein is a central figure in contemporary Anglo-American philosophy. His writings serve as a fulcrum in both modern philosophy and philosophy of education, charting the shift away from the formalist approach of logical atomism to the more anthropological emphasis on "language games" in the analysis of ordinary language. Wittgenstein's wor... more »k served as a springboard for a range of today's leading intellectuals: Peter Winch, Thomas Kuhn, Richard Rorty, Stephen Toulmin, and Stanley Cavell. Wittgenstein is the source and authority for legitimating analytic philosophy of education--the so-called London school--as a distinctive field of intellectual endeavor based on the method of conceptual analysis and the search for necessary and sufficient conditions.« less