Ludwig Wittgenstein is one of the most important and influential philosophers of the twentieth century, but he is also one of the least accessible. This volume provides a comprehensible guide to his work by a wide range of experts who are actively engaged in new work on Wittgenstein. The essays, which are both expository and original, address central themes in his philosophy of mind, language, logic, and mathematics and clarify the connections among the different stages in the development of his work.

"...the style of the essays is lucid....it is a helpful work for scholars to have in their collections." C.G. Luckhardt, Choice"Suffice it to say that this well-done volume contains a healthy variety of attempts to unearth not just arguments and pictures but positions and accounts as well." Theodore R. Schatzki, Philosophy in Review"The editors have assembled pieces...that succeed didactically in explicating basic themes and driving concerns in Wittgenstein's work. Yet the essays almost always offer some bit of stage-setting, or a conceptual map of interpretive slant, or a link to other philosophers or to larger contemporary discussions that invite further thought about what Wittgenstein did, and what we might still learn not only about him but also from him. both editors and authors are to be commended for a volume unusually consistent in the clarity of its often densely packed essays. There is a great deal on offer here, almost all of it made available in measured and clean prose. The book is gracefully bracketed by the editors' essays on Wittgenstein's life...and the enormous trove of work that he left." Margeret Urban Walker, Int'l Philosophical Quarterly"This Cambridge Companion is a collection of essays worth owning primarily because it covers many of the topics attracting the most attention in Wittgenstein scholarship today. ...succeeds in its aim of offering `a conpectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Wittegenstein'." Robert L. Arrington, Philosophia, Philosophical Quarterly of Israel

The essays in this volume address central themes in Wittgenstein’s writings on the philosophy of mind, language, logic, and mathematics.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-495) and index.

1. Ludwig Wittgenstein: life and work an introduction Hans Sluga; 2. Wittgenstein’s critique of philosophy Robert J. Fogelin; 3. Pictures, logic, and the limits of sense in Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Thomas Ricketts; 4. Fitting versus tracking: Wittgenstein on representation Donna M. Summerfield; 5. Philosophy as grammar Newton Garver; 6. A philosophy of mathematics between two camps Steve Gerrard; 7. Necessity and normativity Hans-Johann Glock; 8. Wittgenstein, mathematics, and ethics: resisting the attractions of realism Cora Diamond; 9. Notes and afterthoughts on the opening of Wittgenstein’s Investigations Stanley Cavell; 10. Mind, meaning, and practice Barry Stroud; 11. ‘Whose house is that?’Wittgenstein on the self Hans Sluga; 12. The question of linguistic idealism revisited David Bloor; 13. Forms of life: mapping the rough ground Naomi Scheman; 14. Certainties of a world-picture: the epistemological investigations of On Certainty Michael Kober; 15. The availability of Wittgenstein’s philosophy David Stern.