Dr P.M.S. Hacker - Publications: Books

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	(i) Insight and Illusion : Wittgenstein on Philosophy and the Metaphysics of Experience 321 pp. (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1972). German translation Einsicht und Täuschung (Suhrkamp, 1978). Japanese translation publ. by Katsuo Yonezawa 1981.pb. ed. (Clarendon Press, Oxford)
	(i)a Insight and Illusion - themes in the philosophy of Wittgenstein, revised edition, 341 pp. (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1986). -- an extensively rewritten version of (i).  Repr. with corrections in pb. by Clarendon Press, 1989. Repr. in pb. by Thoemmes Press, Bristol, 1997.
	(ii) Law, Morality and Society, essays in honour of H.L.A. Hart 312 pp. (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1977); co-editor (with J. Raz) and contributor. pb. ed. Clarendon Press, Oxford
	(iii) Wittgenstein : Understanding and Meaning, Volume 1 of an analytical commentary on the Philosophical Investigations; 692 pp. (Blackwell, Oxford, and Chicago Universtiy Press, Chicago, 1980), co-authored with G.P. Baker. Published as two paperbacks: a) Wittgenstein: Meaning and Understanding – Essays on the Philosophical Investigations (Blackwell, Oxford, 1983 and Chicago University Press, Chicago, 1983); repr. 1984, 1988, repr. with corrections, 1992; repr. 2004) b) Wittgenstein: An Analytical Commentary on Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations (Blackwell, Oxford, 1983 and Chicago University Press, Chicago, 1983); repr. 1984, 1988, repr. with corrections 1992, repr. 2004;
	(iii a) Wittgenstein : Understanding and Meaning, Volume 1 of an analytical commentary on the Philosophical Investigations, Part 1 – the essays; 2nd ed., extensively revised (Blackwell, Oxford, 2005); xxiv pp. + 394pp.
	(iii b) Wittgenstein : Understanding and Meaning, Volume 1 of an analytical commentary on the Philosophical Investigations, Part 2 – the exegesis; 2nd ed., extensively revised (Blackwell, Oxford, 2005); xix pp. + 363 pp.
	(iv) Frege : Logical Excavations 406 pp. (Blackwell, Oxford, O.U.P., N.Y., 1984) co-authored with G.P. Baker. Chapter 1, pp. 3 - 29, repr. as ‘Prophetic Glimmerings: the New Pythagorean’, in H.D. Sluga ed. General Assessments and Historical Accounts of Frege’s Philosophy (Garland, New York, 1993), pp. 315-42.
	(v) Language, Sense and Nonsense, a critical investigation into modern theories of language 392 pp. (Blackwell, 1984), co-authored with G.P. Baker. Translated into Japanese for Shohakusha Publishers, 2000. pb. ed. Blackwell, Oxford,
	(vi) Scepticism, Rules and Language 135 pp. (Blackwell, Oxford, 1984), co-authored with G.P. Baker. pb. ed. Blackwell, Oxford Russian ed. (Canon, Moscow, 2008)
	(vii) Wittgenstein : Rules, Grammar, and Necessity - Volume 2 of an analytical commentary on the Philosophical Investigations 352 pp. (Blackwell, Oxford, UK and Cambridge, Mass. USA, 1985); co-authored with G.P. Baker. pb. ed. Blackwell, Oxford, UK and Cambridge, Mass., USA, 1988, repr. with corrections 1992.
	(viii) Appearance and Reality - a philosophical investigation into perception and perceptual qualities, 243 pp. (Blackwell, 1987). pb.  ed. Blackwell, Oxford, 1991
	(ix) The Renaissance of Gravure : the art of S.W. Hayter, 125 pp. (Oxford Univ. Press, 1988), edited, contributed two essays and annotated catalogue.
	(x) Wittgenstein : Meaning and Mind, Volume 3 of an Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations, 575 pp. (Blackwell, Oxford and Cambridge, Mass., 1990). Repr. (slightly revised) in two pbs: a) Wittgenstein : Meaning and Mind, Volume 3 of an Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations, Part I – Essays, pp.271 (Blackwell, Oxford, UK and Cambridge, USA, 1993)
	b) Wittgenstein : Meaning and Mind, Volume 3 of an Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations, Part II –Exegesis §§243-427, pp. 314 (Blackwell, Oxford, UK and Cambridge, USA, 1993)
	(xi) Gravure and Grace: the engravings of Roger Vieillard, 110 pp. (Ashmolean Museum and Scolar Press, Oxford, 1993), edited, contributed the major essay, and compiled catalogues.
	(xii) Wittgenstein: Mind and Will, Volume 4 of an Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations, 737 pp.  (Blackwell, 1996). Repr. (slightly revised) in two pbs: a) Wittgenstein: Mind and Will, Volume 4 of an Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations, Part I – Essays, 289 pp. (Blackwell, Oxford, UK and Malden, Mass., USA, 2000)
	b) Wittgenstein: Mind and Will, Volume 4 of an Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations, Part II – Exegesis §§428-693, pp. 462 (Blackwell, Oxford, UK and Malden, Mass., USA, 2000)
	(xiii) Wittgenstein's Place in Twentieth Century Analytic Philosophy, 346 pp. (Blackwell,Oxford, UK and Cambridge, Mass., USA, 1996). Pb. ed. (Blackwell, Oxford, UK and Cambridge, Mass, USA, ) German translation Wittgenstein im Kontext der analytischen Philosophie, 634 pp. (Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1997) ‘Den analytiske filosofiens krise’, in Agora 3-4 (1999), Res Publica 46/47 (Engers Boktrykkeri AS, Otta, 1999), pp. 135 -151.  (A translation of pp. 264-73 and fns.)
	(xiv) Wittgenstein on Human Nature, 59 pp. (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1997). Polish translation Wittgenstein, 87 pp. (Wielcy Filozowie, Wydawnictwo Amber,    Warszawa, 1997). Spanish translation Wittgenstein, 78 pp. (Grupo Editorial Norma, Barcelona, 1998).  Chinese translation (Taiwan, 1999). Portuguese translation Wittgenstein: Sobre a Natureza Humana (Fundaç_o Editora da UNESP (FEU), S_o Paolo, 1999), 61 pp. French translation, Wittgenstein (Éditions du Seuil, 2000), 91 pp. Finnish translation, Wittgenstein (Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, Helsingissä, 2000), pp. 77. Hebrew translation Wittgenstein: al teva HaAdam (Yediot Achronot, Sifrei Hemed, Sifrei Aliyat Hagag), Tel Aviv, 2001), pp. 95. Greek translation, Wittgenstein Korean translation, Wittgenstein (Kungree Press, 2001), 121 pp. Repr. in Ray Monk and Frederic Raphael eds. The Great Philosophers — from Socrates to Turing (Weidnefeld and Nicolson, London, 2000), pp. 331 - 368.
	(xv) Wittgenstein: Connections and Controversies, 375 pp. (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 2001). pb. ed. 2004 Clarendon Press, Oxford.
	(xvi) Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience, 454 pp., co-authored with M.R. Bennett (Blackwell, Oxford, and Malden, Mass., 2003). pb. ed. Blackwell, Oxford, 2003. View table of contents as a pdf.
	(xvii) Neuroscience and Philosophy – Brain, Mind, and Language, 215 pp. (Columbia University Press, New York, 2007), co-authored with Maxwell Bennett, Daniel Dennett, and John Searle, with an introduction and conclusion by Daniel Robinson. View table of contents as a pdf.
	(xviii) Human Nature: The Categorial Framework, 326 pp. (Blackwell, Oxford and Malden, MA, 2007). View table of contents as a pdf. View sample: Chapter 1 -- The Project as a pdf.
	(xix) History of Cognitive Neuroscience, 288 pp. (Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford and Malden, Mass., 2008), co-authored with M. R. Bennett. View table of contents as a pdf.

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