Wittgenstein, Empiricism, and Language

This provocative study exposes the ways in which Wittgenstein''s philosophical views have been misunderstood, including the failure to recognize the reductionist character of Wittgenstein''s work. Author John Cook provides well-documented proof that Wittgenstein did not hold views commonly attributed to him, arguing that Wittgenstein''s later work was mistakenly seen as a development of G. E. Moor...