Lars Hertzberg is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Åbo Akademi University, Finland.

Hertzberg’s philosophical voice is highly distinctive. This volume is a wonderful demonstration of what will be involved in seriously taking on key strands in Wittgenstein’s later thought, and of the way in which this calls for a more radical transformation in our conception of philosophy than is generally recognized even in the most sympathetic Wittgenstein scholarship.’ —David Cockburn, Emeritus Professor, University of Wales, UK

• Introduction; 1. Attending to the Actual Sayings of Things; 2. The Sense Is Where You Find It; 3. On Excluding Contradictions from Our Language; 4. How Do Sentences Do It?; 5. On the Need for a Listener and Community Standards; 6. 'It Says What It Says'; 7. Ethics as We Talk It; 8. Moral Escapism and Applied Ethics; 9. Very General Facts of Nature; 10. Reasons to Be Good?; 11. The Importance of Being Thoughtful; 12. What’s in a Smile?; 13. On Aesthetic Reactions and Changing One’s Mind; Index.

Lars Hertzberg is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Åbo Akademi University, Finland.

Hertzberg’s philosophical voice is highly distinctive. This volume is a wonderful demonstration of what will be involved in seriously taking on key strands in Wittgenstein’s later thought, and of the way in which this calls for a more radical transformation in our conception of philosophy than is generally recognized even in the most sympathetic Wittgenstein scholarship.’ —David Cockburn, Emeritus Professor, University of Wales, UK

• Introduction; 1. Attending to the Actual Sayings of Things; 2. The Sense Is Where You Find It; 3. On Excluding Contradictions from Our Language; 4. How Do Sentences Do It?; 5. On the Need for a Listener and Community Standards; 6. 'It Says What It Says'; 7. Ethics as We Talk It; 8. Moral Escapism and Applied Ethics; 9. Very General Facts of Nature; 10. Reasons to Be Good?; 11. The Importance of Being Thoughtful; 12. What’s in a Smile?; 13. On Aesthetic Reactions and Changing One’s Mind; Index.

Lars Hertzberg is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Åbo Akademi University, Finland.

Hertzberg’s philosophical voice is highly distinctive. This volume is a wonderful demonstration of what will be involved in seriously taking on key strands in Wittgenstein’s later thought, and of the way in which this calls for a more radical transformation in our conception of philosophy than is generally recognized even in the most sympathetic Wittgenstein scholarship.’ —David Cockburn, Emeritus Professor, University of Wales, UK

• Introduction; 1. Attending to the Actual Sayings of Things; 2. The Sense Is Where You Find It; 3. On Excluding Contradictions from Our Language; 4. How Do Sentences Do It?; 5. On the Need for a Listener and Community Standards; 6. 'It Says What It Says'; 7. Ethics as We Talk It; 8. Moral Escapism and Applied Ethics; 9. Very General Facts of Nature; 10. Reasons to Be Good?; 11. The Importance of Being Thoughtful; 12. What’s in a Smile?; 13. On Aesthetic Reactions and Changing One’s Mind; Index.