Many still consider Ludwig Wittgenstein\'s 1953 Philosophical Investigations to be one of the breakthrough works of twentieth-century philosophy.
Rather than debate abstract problems, Wittgenstein urges philosophers to concern themselves with ordinary life and the concrete situations in which humans find themselves..
In this highly-interpretative way, the meaning of a word or sentence becomes relative to the context (people, culture, community) in which it is used.
He argues that philosophers must study ordinary uses of language and examine how people use it as a tool in their everyday lives.
Philosophical problems often arise from confusions in the use of language - and the way to solve these problems, Wittgenstein posits, is by clarifying language use.
Philosophical Investigations is also a powerful example of the skill of interpretation.
Many still consider Ludwig Wittgenstein\'s 1953 Philosophical Investigations to be one of the breakthrough works of twentieth-century philosophy
