The writings preserved in Wittgenstein's manuscripts from 1945 to 1949, after he had completed the first part of Philosophical Investigations, chiefly concern the nature of certain psychological concepts. In this book Joachim Schulte uses these manuscripts--not the selections from them published so far--as a basis for reconstructing the central arguments and conceptual elucidations developed by Wittgenstein during that period. One of the principal subjects is the connection between instinctive reactions, linguistic and non-linguistic context, and mastery of a technique. This connection is...

Joachim Schulte's introduction provides a distinctive and masterful account of the full range of Wittgenstein's thought. It is concise but not compressed, substantive but not overloaded with developmental or technical detail, informed by the latest scholarship but not pedantic. Beginners will find it accessible and seasoned students of Wittgenstein will appreciate it for the illuminating overview it provides.

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951) schrieb zwei Hauptwerke, frh die strenge Logisch-philosophische Abhandlung (BS 1322), spt die offeneren, lebendig in immer neuen Anlufen vorgetragenen Philosophischen Untersuchungen, mit denen der Begriff des Sprachspiels in die Welt gekommen ist: Man kann fr eine groe Klasse von Fllen der Bentzung des Wortes Bedeutung - wenn auch nicht fr alle Flle seiner Bentzung - dieses Wort so erklren: Die Bedeutung eines Wortes ist sein Gebrauch in der Sprache.