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The task of introducing the work of Wittgenstein, either to readers of philosophy who have not yet encountered any of his work or to readers coming to it from outside the specialization of philosophy, is notoriously difficult. It has been said, with considerable accuracy, that for such readers it is clear at a glance that his early writings in Tractatus Logico‐Philosophicus are deeply philosophical, but one cannot for one's life see what he is saying, and in the later philosophy of Philosophical Investigations one can see at a glance what he is saying, but one cannot for one's life see why it is philosophical. We have of course a number of very good introductions to Wittgenstein, but this small gem of a book luminously stands out even among these.
Ray Monk, the author of magisterial biographies of Wittgenstein and Russell, along with numerous.
Ray Monk (born 15 February 1957) is a British philosopher. Eos Count Software Engineer. He is Professor of at the, where he has taught since 1992. He won the and the 1991 for his biography of, Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius. His interests lie in the philosophy of mathematics, the, and philosophical aspects of biographical writing. His biography of was published in 2012.
In 2015 he was awarded a Fellowship by the. Works [ ] • Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius. London: Vintage, 1991. • Bertrand Russell: The Spirit of Solitude 1872–1921. London: Vintage, 1996. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997.
• Bertrand Russell: The Ghost of Madness 1921–1970. London: Vintage, 2001. • How to Read Wittgenstein. London: Granta, 2005. • Inside the Centre: the Life of J.
Robert Oppenheimer. London: Jonathan Cape, 2012 • 'Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Sketch of His Life' (chapter in A Companion to Wittgenstein, edited by and. Wiley-Blackwell, 2017) References [ ].
