How to Do Philosophy: A Wittgensteinian Reading of Wittgenstein

by Graham Mcfee

Why should the philosophical achievement of Ludwig Wittgenstein be taken seriously in the twenty-first century? This text answers this question by elaborating the distinctive therapeutic conception of philosophy defended in Wittgenstein's later work, typified by Philosophical Investigations. Here, Wittgenstein's highly contextual, problem-specific and person-specific conception of the philosophical project is clarified with reference to his own writings...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1443874590
• ISBN13: 9781443874595
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Length: 425 Pages