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In his writings around 1930, Wittgenstein relates his philosophy in different ways to the idea of phenomenology. He indicates that his main philosophical project had earlier been the construction of a purely phenomenological language, and even after having given up this project he believed that "the world we live in is the world of sense-data,,,l that is, of phenomenological objects. However, a problem is posed by the fact that he does not appear ever to have given a full, explicit account of what he means by his ´phenomenology´, ´phenomenological language´, or ´phenomenological problems´. In this book, I have tried to unravel the nature of Wittgenstein´s phenomenology and to examine its importance for his entire work in philosophy. Phenomenology can be characterized as philosophy whose primary concern is what is immediately given in one´s experience. This ´immediately given´ is not merely impressions inside one´s mind, but includes also the part of objective reality that impinges upon one´s consciousness. Thus, an aim of phenomenological enterprise is to grasp this objective reality by attending to immediate experience. Husserl´s phenomenology is in fact a case in point.

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Preface. I. Wittgenstein´s Phenomenology. II. Phenomenology of the Tractatus. III. The Languages of Phenomenology. IV. Wittgenstein on Color Concepts. V. Wittgenstein on Aspects. VI. Is Phenomenology Possible for Wittgenstein? List of Abbreviations. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

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