Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Wittgenstein on Philosophical Problems: From One Fundamental Problem to Particular Problems The Tractatus on philosophical problems Wittgensteinrs"s later conception of philosophical problems Examples of philosophical problems as based on misunderstandings Tendencies and inclinations of thinking: philosophy as therapy Wittgensteinrs"s notion of peace in philosophy: the contrast with the Tractatus 2. Two Conceptions of Clarification The Tractatusrs"s conception of philosophy as logical analysis Wittgensteinrs"s later critique of the Tractatusrs"s notion of logical analysis Clarification in Wittgensteinrs"s later philosophy 3. From Metaphysics and Philosophical Theses to Grammar: Wittgensteinrs"s Turn Philosophical theses, metaphysical philosophy, and the Tractatus Metaphysics and conceptual investigation: the problem with metaphysics Conceptual investigation and the problem of dogmatism Wittgensteinrs"s turn The turn and the role of rules Rules as objects of comparison Rules, metaphysical projection, and the logic of language 4. Grammar, Meaning, and Language Grammar, use, and meaning: the problem of the status of Wittgensteinrs"s remarks Wittgensteinrs"s formulation of his conception of meaning The concept of language: comparisons with instruments and games Wittgensteinrs"s development and the advantages of his mature view Examples as centers of variation and the conception of language as a family Avoiding dogmatism about meaning Wittgensteinrs"s methodological shift and analyses in terms of necessary conditions 5. The Concepts of Essence and Necessity Constructivist readings and the arbitrariness/nonarbitrariness of grammar Problems with constructivism The methodological dimension of Wittgensteinrs"s conception of essence The nontemporality of grammatical statements Explanations of necessity in terms of factual regularities Wittgensteinrs"s account of essence and necessity Beyond theses about the source of necessity 6. Philosophical Hierarchies and the Status of Clarificatory Statements Philosophical hierarchies and Wittgensteinrs"s "leading principle" The (alleged) necessity of accepting philosophical statements The concept of agreement and the problem of injustice The criteria of the correctness of grammatical remarks Multidimensional descriptions and the new use of old dogmatic claims 7. Wittgensteinrs"s Conception of Philosophy, Everyday Language, and Ethics Metaphysics disguised as methodology The historicity of philosophy Philosophy and the everyday Notes Index.