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David Pears

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NOTOC David Francis Pears, FBA (8 August 1921 – 1 July 2009) was a British philosopher renowned for his work on Ludwig Wittgenstein. An Old Boy of Westminster School, 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, Oxford. 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.
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