<P>Wittgenstein is one of the most important and influential twentieth-century philosophers in the western tradition. In his Philosophical Investigations he undertakes a radical critique of analytical philosophy's approach to both the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind. <EM>The Routledge Guidebook to Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations</EM> introduces and assesses:</P>
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<LI>Wittgenstein's life</LI>
<LI>The principal ideas of the Philosophical Investigations</LI>
<LI>Some of the principal disputes concerning the interpretation of his work</LI>
<LI>Wittgenstein's philosophical method and its connection with the form of the text.</LI></UL>
<P>With further reading included throughout, this guidebook is essential reading for all students of philosophy, and all those wishing to get to grips with this masterpiece.</P>