Phenomenological Aspects of Wittgenstein's Philosophy

This work examines the idea of phenomenology throughout the different stages of Wittgenstein's philosophical development. It argues that Wittgenstein's entire philosophical life was mainly concerned with what is immediately given in one's experience. Early interpretations of the phenomenological elements in Wittgenstein's philosophy usually emphasized the unique nature of his later work. However, the author here makes the case that Wittgenstein's concern with immediate experience and the way we describe it guided his philosophical journey through the phenomenological problems that pervade his work.