Wittgenstein

The title of this collection alludes to Wittgenstein's idea that the problems with which philosophers wrestle are confusions which arise through an unwarranted extension of the use of words beyond their employment in ordinary discourse. Wittgenstein speaks of the 'contemptuous attitude to the particular case' as an evil due to the imitation by philosophers of the methods and patterns of a science which seeks generalizations and explanatory theories.Phillips, D. Z. is the author of 'Wittgenstein', published 1990 under ISBN 9780312034993 and ISBN 0312034997.