Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-164) and index
Introduction ; Overview ; Biography ; Wittgenstein's philosophical influence -- Charting the bounds of sense ; Genesis of the Tractatus ; Picture theory of meaning ; Limits of language and philosophy -- Metaphysics of the Tractatus ; Connecting language and reality ; Pseudo-propositions ; The early and later work -- The middle period ; Criticism of the Tractatus ; Philosophical remarks and Philosophical grammar ; Blue and Brown books -- Aims and methods of philosophical therapy ; Objectives ; Methodologies ; Scope of philosophical therapy -- Philosophy of language and mathematics ; Grammar and meaning ; Rules and forms of life ; Mathematics -- Philosophy of mind ; Perspectives ; Classifying mental concepts ; Private language -- Epistemology, religion and aesthetics ; Epistemology ; Religion and ethics ; Aesthetics
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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