Wittgenstein

Sandra Laugier is professor of philosophy at the University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne and a senior fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France. Her books in English include Why We Need Ordinary Language Philosophy, also published by the University of Chicago Press. Daniela Ginsburg is a freelance translator. She cotranslated Knowledge of Life by Georges Canguilhem.

• IntroductionChapter 1: The Uses of (Non-)SenseChapter 2: Sites of MindChapter 3: Forms of LifeChapter 4: The Voice of the SubjectChapter 5: Visions of the GoodNotesBibliographyIndex

“In this elegant and thoughtfully composed book, Laugier provides a route to the philosophy of Wittgenstein that should be valuable for new and veteran readers alike. Laugier centers ‘use’ or our traffic with words and, without distracting technicalities, insightfully traces central lines of Wittgenstein’s thought. She brings in an appealingly broad set of references to contemporary philosophy, including, notably, the French reception of Wittgenstein.”