I. Life and character ---- II. The early philosophy. 1. Aims and background --- 2. The argument of the Tractatus --- 3. Some comments and questions --- 4. The influence of the early philosophy The later philosophy ---- III. The later philosophy. 1.
The transitional period --- 2. Method, meaning, and use --- 3. Understanding and rule following --- 4. 'Forms of life', private language, and criteria --- 5. Mind and knowledge --- 6. Some reflections and comments ---- IV. Wittgenstein and recent philosophy.
Ludwig Wittgenstein was an extraordinarily original philosopher, whose influence on 20th-century thinking goes well beyond philosophy itself. In this short, non-technical introduction to Wittgenstein's thought, Grayling describes both his early and his later philosophy, the differences and connections between them, and their effect on contemporary thought.
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