M. Engelmann 
Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Development 
Phenomenology, Grammar, Method, and the Anthropological View

The book explains why and how Wittgenstein adapted the Tractatus in phenomenological and grammatical terms to meet challenges of his ‘middle period.’ It also shows why and how he invents a new method and develops an anthropological perspective, which gradually frame his philosophy and give birth to the Philosophical Investigations .

Inhoudsopgave

Preface Series Editor’s Foreword List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Phenomenology, ‘Grammar, ‘ and the Limits of Sense 2. Russell’s Causal Theory of Meaning, Rule-Following, The Calculus Conception, and the Invention of the Genetic Method 3. The Big Typescript , the Tractatus , Sraffa, and the Anthropological Perspective 4. The Road to the Philosophical Investigations (Blue Book, Brown Book, Brown Book German, and MS 142) 5. The Philosophical Investigations Bibliography Index

Over de auteur

Mauro Luiz Engelmann is Professor of Philosophy at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil.