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In making his case for the essential continuity of Wittgenstein's thought, Koethe ranges over the entire corpus of the philosopher's writing, and concludes by pointing out connections between Wittgenstein's views and those of several contemporary philosophers, including Nagel, Dennett, Davidson, and Dummett.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52970149380369,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52970149675281,"sku":"CIN080143307XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780801433078.jpg?v=1766593113"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-ie\/collections\/author-books-by-john-koethe.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}