Brian McGuinness

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Brian McGuinness
Born
Bernard Francis McGuinness

(1927-10-22)October 22, 1927.
Wrexham, Wales, U.K.
DiedDecember 23, 2020(2020-12-23) (aged 93)
Florence, Italy

Brian McGuinness (22 October 1927 – 23 December 2019) was a Wittgenstein scholar best known for his translation, with David Pears, of the Tractatus-Logico-Philosophicus.[1]

He was christened with the forenames "Bernard Francis" but changed his name to "Brian" in his youth.[2] He commonly published, and was cited, as B. F. McGuinness.

Formerly a tutee of RM Hare,[2] McGuinness was a Fellow and Tutor at Queen's College in Oxford University from 1953 to 1988, and took a post at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study. In 1990, he became a professor at the University of Siena, Italy. From 1990 to 1993, he was director of the faculty of philosophy and social sciences of this university.[3] During his time at Queen's, he was an invited speaker at the Oxford Socratic Club, speaking with J. D. Mabbott on "The Problem of Free Will" on 14 November 1955.

Family[]

His son, Paddy McGuinness, is a British civil servant who is currently the Deputy National Security Adviser for Intelligence.[4]

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Books authored[]

  • Wittgenstein: A Life: Young Ludwig, 1889-1921, (1988) ISBN 0-520-06451-8
  • (with Guido Frongia) Wittgenstein: A Bibliographical Guide (1990) ISBN 0-631-13765-3
  • Approaches to Wittgenstein: Collected Papers, (2002). ISBN 0-415-03261-X

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Works edited/translated[]

  • (with David Pears) Ludwig Wittgenstein: Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, (1961) ISBN 0-415-25408-6 [5]
  • Felix Kaufmann: The Infinite in Mathematics: Logico-Mathematical Writings, (1978) ISBN 978-90-277-0847-2
  • Hans Hahn: Empiricism, Logic and Mathematics: Philosophical Papers, (1980) ISBN 90-277-1065-1
  • Gottlob Frege: Collected Papers on Mathematics, Logic and Philosophy, (1984) ISBN 0-631-12728-3
  • Ernst Mach: Principles of the Theory of Heat: Historically and Critically Elucidated, (1986) ISBN 90-277-2206-4
  • Unified science. The Vienna monograph series, originally edited by Otto Neurath, now in an English edition. (1987) ISBN 90-277-2484-9
  • (with J. Schulte) Friedrich Waismann, Josef Schächter, Moritz Schlick: Ethics and the will: Essays, (1994) ISBN 0-7923-2674-1
  • (with Gianluigi Oliveri) The Philosophy of Michael Dummett, (1994) ISBN 0-7923-2804-3
  • (with Gianluigi Oliveri) Karl Menger: Reminiscences of the Vienna Circle and the Mathematical Colloquium (1994). ISBN 0-7923-2711-X
  • (with George Henrik von Wright) Ludwig Wittgenstein: Cambridge Letters, (1995) ISBN 1-4051-4701-6
    • Wittgenstein in Cambridge: Letters and Documents 1911-1951 (2008) ISBN 9781405147019 [6]
  • Language, Logic, and Formalization of Knowledge: Coimbra Lecture and Proceedings of a Symposium Held in Siena in September 1997, (1998) ISBN 88-87106-07-X

References[]

  1. ^ "Brian McGuinness, – A MESSAGE FROM THE BWS PRESIDENT |". Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Obituaries, Telegraph (2020-01-09). "Brian McGuinness, world-renowned expert on Ludwig Wittgenstein – obituary". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 11 Jan 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  3. ^ "Curriculum e pubblicazioni". intra.lett.unisi.it. Archived from the original on 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  4. ^ McGUINNESS, Patrick Joseph. Who's Who 2016. A & C Black. 2015. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  5. ^ Jarvis, Judith (1962). "Review of Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus". The Journal of Philosophy. 59 (12): 332–335. doi:10.2307/2022906. ISSN 0022-362X. JSTOR 2022906.
  6. ^ Hsu, Andrew (2008). "Wittgenstein in Cambridge: Letters and Documents 1911-1951". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. Retrieved 2021-03-14.

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