Consists of 13 thematically linked essays on different aspects of the philosophy of Wittgenstein, by one of the leading commentators on his work. After an opening overview of Wittgenstein’s philosophy, the following essays fall into two classes: those that investigate connections between the philosophy of Wittgenstein and other philosophers and philosophical trends, and those which enter into some of the controversies that, over the last two decades, have raged over the interpretation of one aspect or another of Wittgenstein’s writings.
Keywords: C. Diamond, Frege, J.G. Frazer, metaphysics, P.F. Strawson, private language argument, R. Carnap, S. Kripke, Tractatus, understanding and explanation, Wittgenstein
| Print publication date: 2001 | Print ISBN-13: 9780199245697 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: April 2005 | DOI:10.1093/019924569X.001.0001 |