Wittgenstein and the Creativity of Language

This volume is the first to focus on a particular complex of questions that have troubled Wittgenstein scholarship since its very beginnings.

The authors re-examine Wittgenstein’s fundamental insights into the workings of human linguistic behaviour, its creative extensions and its philosophical capabilities, as well as his creative use of language.

It offers insight into a variety of topics including painting, politics, literature, poetry, literary theory, mathematics, philosophy of language, aesthetics and philosophical methodology.