Publisher's Synopsis
In this non-technical introduction the author explains the nature of Wittengenstein's thought, and its impact on contemporary philosophy.;Grayling distinguishes between an earlier period up until the completion of the work "Tractatus logico-philosophicus", published in 1921, and Wittgenstein's return to philosophy some years later when he worked out a new approach to the questions of thought, language, mind and knowledge.;The book compares and contrasts the two periods of Wittgenstein's thought and the influence of his teachings on contemporaries.
