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Part 1 The universal medium: metaphysical realism; logical atomism; thetranscendental reading; the limits of language; logistical postivism; logicalsemantics; the Hintikka interprettion; the post-1937 Wittgenstein. Part 2Methodological aspects: philosophy and science; on behaviourism; on causalrelations; the problem of verification. Part 3 Thought and privacy: intention- historical sources; the continuation of Wittgenstein's thought; correctingthe "picture-theory"; mental processes; the "private language" arguments;conclusion - thought is public. Part 4 Philosophy as grammar: the problem ofostensive definitions; language-games; meaning as practice; forms of life;the "earlier" and the "later" Wittgenstein. Part 5 The realist/anti-realistillusion: the anti-realist research programme; the interpretation ofWittgenstein; the "rules as theory" confusion; conclusion - understanding a"rule". Part 6 Conceptual investigations; is philosophy theoretical?; what isa philosophical investigation?; the psychoanalytical analogue; calcualtionand philosophy.