Wittgenstein

Presenting a commentary on the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, this book offers guidance to reading Wittgenstein and a methodology for interpreting his works. It covers the entirety of Wittgenstein's career, examining the relationship between the early, middle and later periods of his philosophy.

Mark Addis is Reader in Philosophy at the University of Central England

Preface

vii

Introduction

1

(20)

Overview

1

(6)

Biography

7

(6)

Wittgenstein's philosophical influence

13

(8)

Charting the Bounds of Sense

21

(19)

Genesis of the Tractatus

21

(7)

Picture theory of meaning

28

(7)

Limits of language and philosophy

35

(5)

Metaphysics of the Tractatus

40

(17)

Connecting language and reality

40

(7)

Pseudo-propositions

47

(4)

The early and later work

51

(6)

The Middle Period

57

(20)

Criticism of the Tractatus

57

(5)

Philosophical Remarks and Philosophical Grammar

62

(5)

Blue and Brown Books

67

(10)

Aims and Methods of Philosophical Therapy

77

(20)

Objectives

77

(6)

Methodologies

83

(8)

Scope of philosophical therapy

91

(6)

Philosophy of Language and Mathematics

97

(19)

Grammar and Meaning

97

(7)

Rules and forms of life

104

(7)

Mathematics

111

(5)

Philosophy of Mind

116

(20)

Perspectives

116

(4)

Classifying mental concepts

120

(5)

Private language

125

(11)

Epistemology, Religion and Aesthetics

136

(19)

Epistemology

136

(6)

Religion and ethics

142

(6)

Aesthetics

148

(7)

Notes

155

(3)

Select Bibliography

158

(7)

Index

165

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