Max Black (1909–1988) was Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy and Human Letters at Cornell University and President of the International Institute of Philosophy. His many books include Language and Philosophy: Studies in Method; Models and Metaphors: Studies in Language and Philosophy; and The Prevalence of Humbug and Other Essays.

Black's book is, in effect, two books in one, and each of them is very good. First, there is the useful Companion to the Tractatus: the store of information that anyone who picked up the Tractatus would want to have.... Second, there are the interpretive essays: always judicious, frequently illuminating. It is hard to see how [this book] could have been more complete.

Max Black (1909–1988) was Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy and Human Letters at Cornell University and President of the International Institute of Philosophy. His many books include Language and Philosophy: Studies in Method; Models and Metaphors: Studies in Language and Philosophy; and The Prevalence of Humbug and Other Essays.

Black's book is, in effect, two books in one, and each of them is very good. First, there is the useful Companion to the Tractatus: the store of information that anyone who picked up the Tractatus would want to have.... Second, there are the interpretive essays: always judicious, frequently illuminating. It is hard to see how [this book] could have been more complete.

Max Black (1909–1988) was Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy and Human Letters at Cornell University and President of the International Institute of Philosophy. His many books include Language and Philosophy: Studies in Method; Models and Metaphors: Studies in Language and Philosophy; and The Prevalence of Humbug and Other Essays.

Black's book is, in effect, two books in one, and each of them is very good. First, there is the useful Companion to the Tractatus: the store of information that anyone who picked up the Tractatus would want to have.... Second, there are the interpretive essays: always judicious, frequently illuminating. It is hard to see how [this book] could have been more complete.