THE LATER PHILOSOPHY OF WITTGENSTEIN Bloomsbury Academic Collections: Philosophy This collection of 14 key works from the archives of Athlone Press, one of the most prestigious publishers of philosophy during the period 1960-1990, represents the most interesting and classic titles from their list. The titles in this collection include seminal studies of, among others, Spinoza, Rousseau, Kepler, Mill, Wittgenstein and Sartre, and range inter alia across the philosophy of science, cosmology, politics, revolution, value and education. The collection is available both in e-book and print versions. Other titles in the series include: Benedict de Spinoza: The Elements of his Philosophy, H. F. Hallett Conditions of Rational Inquiry: A Study in the Philosophy of Value, David Pole French Free-Thought from Gassendi to Voltaire, J. S. Spink James Mill on Philosophy of Education, W. H. Burston Kepler’s Geometrical Cosmology, J. V. Field Mach’s Philosophy of Science, J. Bradley On Being Sure in Religion, Ian T. Ramsey Rousseau and the French Revolution 1762-1791, Joan McDonald Sartre: A Philosophical Study, Anthony Manser Teaching Business Ethics in the UK, Europe and the USA: A Comparative Study, Jack Mahoney The Later Philosophy of Wittgenstein, David Pole The Need for Interpretation: Contemporary Conceptions of the Philosopher’s Task, Edited by Sollace Mitchell and Michael Rosen The Tragic Philosopher: Friedrich Nietzsche, F. A. Lea W. R. Matthews: Philosopher and Theologian, H. P. Owen THE LATER PHILOSOPHY OF WITTGENSTEIN David Pole BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC COLLECTIONS: Philosophy LONDON • NEW DELHI • NEW YORK • SYDNEY Bloomsbury Academic An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 50 Bedford Square 1385 Broadway London New York WC1B 3DP NY 10018 UK USA www.bloomsbury.com Bloomsbury is a registered trade mark of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc First published in 1958 This edition published in 2013 by Bloomsbury Publishing plc © David Pole, 2013 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. David Pole has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as Author of this work. No responsibility for loss caused to any individual or organization acting on or refraining from action as a result of the material in this publication can be accepted by Bloomsbury Academic or the author. Bloomsbury Academic Collections ISSN 2051–0012 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: 9781472506504 (Hardback) ISBN: 9781472510150 (ePDF) ISBN: 9781472535405 (Bloomsbury Academic Collections: Philosophy) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress Printed and bound in Great Britain THE LATER PHILOSOPHY OF WITTGENSTEIN THE LATER PHILOSOPHY OF WITTGENSTEIN A SHORT INTRODUCTION WITH AN EPILOGUE ON JOHN WISDOM by DAVID POLE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON THE ATHLONE PRESS 1958 Published by THE ATHLONE PRESS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON at 2 Gower Street, London wcr Distributed by Constable (5 Co. Ltd r2 Orange Street, London wc2 Canada University of Toronto Press Toronto 5 U.S.A. Essential Books Fair Lawn, N.J. © David Pole 1958 Printed in Great Britain by WESTERN PRINTING SERVICES LTD BRISTOL Abbreviations Pl Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations. Oxford, 1953. Note: the numbers (e.g. Pl, 73) refer to the numbered passages in Part I. Page references are given to passages in Part II. RFM Ludwig Wittgenstein, Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics. Oxford, 1956. OM John Wisdom, Other Minds. Oxford, 1952. PP-A John Wisdom, Philosophy and Psycho-Analysis. Oxford, 1953.