Chapter Five Wittgenstein’s Later Philosophy
No single sentence can summarize Wittgenstein’s later philosophy. But the aphorism “words have meaning only in the stream of life” expresses one pervasive theme. This remark represents an enormous change from his views in the Tractatus. It is deeply connected to a “new method” he had discovered in the early 1930s for analyzing and resolving philosophical problems. The method rejects the notion that an ideal language contributes to philosophical understanding by enhancing ordinary speech and instead emphasizes the importance of accurately describing the complex ways in which people use language in the course of their daily activities. Such activities are
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