ABSTRACT

Approaches to Wittgenstein brings together for the first time the many varied aspects of Wittgenstein's life, philosophy, and aesthetic attitudes.

part |2 pages

Part I THE MAN

chapter 1|7 pages

‘THE LION SPEAKS, AND WE DON’T UNDERSTAND’

Wittgenstein after 100 years

chapter 2|7 pages

PHILOSOPHY AND BIOGRAPHY

chapter 3|10 pages

Asceticism and ornament

chapter 4|16 pages

THE IDEA OF JEWISHNESS

part |2 pages

Part II THE TRACTATUS

chapter 6|6 pages

THE PATH TO THE TRACTATUS

chapter 7|21 pages

PICTURES AND FORM

chapter 8|13 pages

THE SUPPOSED REALISM OF THE TRACTATUS

chapter 9|8 pages

LANGUAGE AND REALITY

chapter 10|13 pages

THE GRUNDGEDANKE OF THE TRACTATUS

chapter 11|8 pages

PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

chapter 12|7 pages

THE VALUE OF SCIENCE

chapter 13|9 pages

SOLIPSISM

chapter 14|20 pages

MYSTICISM

chapter 15|15 pages

THE UNSAYABLE

A genetic account

part |2 pages

Part III PHILOSOPHY REVISITED

chapter 16|7 pages

WITTGENSTEIN AND THE VIENNA CIRCLE

chapter 17|17 pages

RELATIONS WITH AND WITHIN THE CIRCLE

chapter 18|14 pages

PROBABILITY

chapter 20|12 pages

FREUD AND WITTGENSTEIN

chapter 21|5 pages

ON CERTAINTY

Comments on a paper by G.H. von Wright

part |2 pages

Part IV PHILOLOGICA

chapter 23|11 pages

SOME PRE-TRACTATUS MANUSCRIPTS

chapter 24|17 pages

MANUSCRIPTS AND WORKS IN THE 1930S