Wittgenstein Finitism and the Foundations of Mathematics

This pioneering book demonstrates the crucial importance of Wittgenstein''s philosophy of mathematics to his philosophy as a whole. Marion traces the development of Wittgenstein''s thinking in the context of the mathematical and philosophical work of the times to make coherent sense of ideas that have too often been misunderstood because they have been presented in a disjointed and incomplete way. In particular he illuminates the work of the neglected ''transitional period'' between the Tractatus and the Investigations.