Name David Pears | ||
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Books The False Prison, Motivated Irrationality, Paradox and Platitude i, Wittgenstein: (2 Impr), Hume's System: An Examinati |
1 6 the idea of freedom
David Pears (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.

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