David Pears, Paradox and Platitude in Wittgenstein's Philosophy

NDPR has just published a review by Danièle Moyal-Sharrock of David Pears's most recent book, Paradox and Platitude in Wittgenstein's Philosophy (2006). The first book I ever read on Wittgenstein was Pears's Wittgenstein (1971). According to Moyal-Sharrock, Paradox and Platitude covers the same ground as that book, "but in greater depth and detail; and, I would add, with the familiarity and expertise of someone who has travelled long and deep with Wittgenstein."

Pears is also author of the classic False Prison: A Study in the Development of Wittgenstein's Philosophy, Volumes 1 and 2 (1987).

(I thought that Pears was emeritus at Oxford, but his name doesn't appear on their faculty list. A Google search was inconclusive.)