Wittgenstein's Method: Neglected AspectsISBN: 978-1-4051-1757-9
Hardcover
328 pages
May 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
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Gordon Baker, together with P. M . S. Hacker, was instrumental in
the elaboration of what has become the standard interpretation of
Wittgenstein's later work. In a dramatic turnabout, in his later
years, Baker came to the conclusion that that interpretation, which
he had done so much to help consolidate, was fundamentally flawed,
exegetically and philosophically. He embarked on the task of
putting forward a radically new interpretation of Wittgenstein's
later philosophy -- an interpretation which has seemed to some to
be a perverse dismantling of his life's work, while seeming to
others, myself included, to open up exciting new possibilities and
to help put us in a position to better understand what Wittgenstein
was really up to. Baker was in the midst of developing this new
interpretation in a series of articles, when his tragic early death
brought the project to an abrupt halt. This volume collects those
articles. Any serious student of Wittgenstein's philosophy will
want to own this book. James Conant, University of
Chicago
`The essays in this volume are replete with a wealth of
historical and linguistic detail. They contain the combination of
careful textual exegesis and rigorous analysis which was
characteristic of Baker's work generally.' Dr Mark Addis,
International Journal of Philosophical Studies (2005)