Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction

By A.C. Grayling 

"Anyone wanting to come to grips with the later Wittgenstein's views on philosophy, his beliefs about the nature of thought and language, and his many unignorable (if sometimes muddled and often muddling) ideas in the philosophy of the mind could do no better than start here."—Guardian

"[Grayling] is to be congratulated on the success of his enterprise in a book which is a model of expository elgance...an admirably clear and concise introduction"—Philosophical Books

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was an extraordinarily original thinker, whose influence on twentieth-century thinking far outside the bounds of philosophy alone. In this engaging Introduction, A.C. Grayling makes Wittgenstein's thought accessible to the general reader by explaining the nature and impact of Wittgenstein's views. He describes both his early and later philosophy, the differences and connections between them, and gives a fresh assessment of Wittgenstein's continuing influence on contemporary thought.

Paperback
144 pages
Oxford University Press, 2001
7 x 4.4 x 0.4 inches
ISBN 9780192854117
Philosophy