ABSTRACT
Investigations that I believe will make this profound book more accessible to read-
ers not already familiar with it. The Investigations is considered Wittgenstein’s
second masterpiece; it was published posthumously in 1953 many years after the
appearance of his first masterpiece, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. Whereas the
Tractatus was the force behind the development of logical analysis and logical
positivism, the Investigations gave rise to new forms of conceptual analysis and
ordinary language philosophy. Arguably, both works were misinterpreted by many
of their readers and disciples. Together, the two books are responsible for
Wittgenstein’s being considered the foremost linguistic, analytic philosopher of
the twentieth century.
