Focusing on diverse aspects of Wittgenstein's philosophy, this volume not only provides a valuable introduction, but also investigates connections between the philosophy of Wittgenstein, other philosophers--in particular, Frege, Frazer, Carnap, and Strawson--and philosophical trends. It also illuminates very different aspects of Wittgenstein's thought, probing into the controversies it stimulates, as well as into its influence.

CONTENTS

1. Wittgenstein -- an Overview
2. Wittgenstein and the Autonomy of Humanistic Understanding
3. Developmental Hypotheses and Perspicuous Representations: Wittgenstein on Frazer's Golden Bough
Postscript
4. Was he Trying to Whistle it?
5. When the Whistling had to Stop
6. Naming, Thinking, and Meaning in the Tractatus
Postscript
7. Frege and the Early Wittgenstein
8. Frege and the Later Wittgenstein
9. Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle: The Exaltation and Deposition of Ostensive Definition, co-authored with G. P. Baker
10. On Misunderstanding Wittgenstein: Kripke's Private Language Argument, co-authored with G. P. Baker
11. Malcolm on Language and Rules, co-authored with G. P. Baker
12. On Carnap's Elimination of Metaphysics
13. On Strawson's Rehabilitation of Metaphysics
Index