David Pears
David Pears, FBA (8 August 1921 – 1 July 2009) was a British philosopher renowned for his work on Ludwig 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 Student (Fellow) of Christ Church.
Bibliography
- Ludwig Wittgenstein. Viking Press 1970.
- Motivated Irrationality. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1984.
- The False Prison: A Study of the Development of Wittgenstein's Philosophy. 2 vols. 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.
References
- ↑ O'Grady, Jane (2 July 2009). "Obituary: David Pears". the Guardian.
- ↑ "David Pears: Philosopher renowned for his work on Wittgenstein".
- ↑ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6625699.ece Archived by Wayback machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20100524114535/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6625699.ece
Further reading
- David Charles and William Child (Eds.). Wittgensteinian Themes: Essays in Honour of David Pears. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2002.
External links
- David Francis Pears 1921–2009 - British Academy Memoir of Pears by Christopher Peacocke, FBA.
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