Wittgenstein: Understanding And Meaning: Volume 1 of an Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations, Part II: Exegesis §§1-184
Published to widespread acclaim between 1980 and 1996, the monumental four volumeAnalytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigationshas become the definitive reference work on Wittgenstein’s masterpiece. This revised edition of the first volume,Wittgenstein: Understanding and Meaning, which itself comprises two parts (EssaysandExegesis §§1–184), takes into account much material that was unavailable when the first edition was written. Following G.P. Baker’s death in 2002, P.M.S. Hacker has thoroughly revised both parts, rewriting many sections completely and often proposing fresh interpretations.Part I: Essaysnow includes two new essays: ‘Meaning and Use’ and ‘The Recantation of a Metaphysician’, and most of the previous essays have been  rewritten and expanded.Part II: Exegesis §§1–184has been exhaustively reworked in the light of the electronic publication of Wittgenstein’sNachlass. These revisions will ensure that this remains the essential reference work on thePhilosophical Investigationsfor the foreseeable future.