Wittgenstein and the possibility of discourse. Second Edition

This original critique of Wittgenstein´s analogy between language and games, written by one of the philosopher´s literary executors and closest friends, has now been updated to include two additional articles. # Updated edition of this original critique of Wittgenstein´s analogy between language and games. # Rush Rhees was one of Wittgenstein´s literary executors and closest friends, as well as being an outstanding philosopher in his own right. # D.Z. Phillips is Director of the Rush Rhees Archive and the Associated Centre for Wittgensteinian Studies. # Constitutes a major contribution to Wittgenstein scholarship and to philosophical debates about the possibility of discourse. # The second edition includes as a preface Rhees´ article, ´The Fundamental Problems of Philosophy´, first published in 1994. # It also includes as a second appendix some of Rhees´ reflections of Wittgenstein, his teacher.