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Marie McGinn explains how the unique style of the Philosophical Investigations functions not only as philosophy but also as literature, guiding readers without heavy scholarly detail. The book supports understanding of the text, its context, and the philosopher, while organizing key themes such as style and method, rules and rule-following, private language, and the relation between inner and outer.","Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to  \nWittgenstein  \nand the Philosophical Investigations  \n‘The movement of Wittgenstein’s thought, how the different topics hang together, why they come in the order they do—are all made clearer than in any other discussion I know. It assumes some basic knowledge of philosophy, but not much beyond that…anyone interested in Wittgenstein could read it with advantage.’  \n(Jane Heal, St John’s College, Cambridge)  \nWittgenstein is one of the small number of twentieth-century philosophers who is well known outside philosophical circles. This may be due to his exceptional life and personality and the number of biographies and memoirs written about him. However, it is also because his writing has the power to interest the non-specialist reader in a way that other works of philosophy do not.  \nThis GuideBook gives students a clear and concise reading of Wittgenstein’s most important work—the Philosophical Investigations. McGinn argues that the unique style of the Investigations makes it an exceptional work of literature as well as philosophy. Wittgenstein and the Philosophical Investigations will take the student through the text without getting bogged down in scholarly detail. This book is ideal for students who want to understand the text, the context of the work and the philosopher.  \nMarie McGinn lectures in philosophy at the University of York. She is the author of Sense and Certainty: The Dissolution of Scepticism (1989) .  \nRoutledge Philosophy GuideBooks  \nEdited by Tim Crane and Jonathan Wolff University College London  \nKant and the Critique of Pure Reason  \nSebastian Gardner  \nMill on Liberty  \nJonathan Riley  \nMill on Utilitarianism  \nRoger Crisp  \nWittgenstein and the Philosophical Investigations  \nMarie McGinn  \nHeidegger and Being and Time  \nStephen Mulhall  \nPlato and the Republic  \nNickolas Pappas  \nLocke on Government  \nD.A.Lloyd Thomas  \nLocke on Human Understanding  \nE.J.Lowe  \nSpinoza and the Ethics  \nGenevieve Lloyd  \nLONDON AND NEW YORK  \nRoutledge Philosophy GuideBook to  \nWittgenstein  \nand the Philosophical Investigations  \n􀀁 Marie McGinn  \nROUTLEDGE  \nFirst published 1997  \nby Routledge  \n11 New Fetter Lane London EC4P 4EE  \nSimultaneously published in the USA and Canada  \nby Routledge  \n29 West 35th Street New York, NY 10001  \nRoutledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group  \nThis edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002.  \n© 1997 Marie McGinn  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in  \nPublication Data McGinn, Marie.  \nRoutledge philosophy guidebook to Wittgenstein and the Philosophical investigations/Marie McGinn.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).—(Routledge philosophy guidebooks)  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index. 1. Philosophy. 2. Languages and languages—Philosophy 3. Semantics (Philosophy)  \nI. Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889–1951. Philosophische Untersuchungen.  \nII. Title. III. Series.  \nB3376 . 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