Wittgenstein And The Problem Of Metaphysics

Exploring the rupture between Wittgensteins early and late phases Michael Smith provides an original reassessment of the metaphysical consistencies that exist throughout his divergent texts. Smith shows how Wittgensteins criticism of metaphysics typically invoked the very thing he was seeking to erase. Taking an alternative approach to the inherent contradiction in his work the problem of metaphysics as Smith terms it becomes the organizing principle of Wittgensteins thought rather than somethi