Wittgenstein and Approaches To Clarity

"Newton Garver is the ideal interpreter of Wittgenstein. While faithful to the texts he applies them to problems Wittgenstein did not think of and which only the combination of Wittgenstein and Garver would have brought to light. The sort of clarity both of them aim at -it might be better called clear-sightedness-is neither easy to attain nor a mere embellishment. It molded Wittgenstein's life and can change ours."
-Brian McGuinness, formerly of the Universities of Oxford and Siena; Author of Wittgenstein, A Life and Approaches to Wittgenstein

"A refreshing and perceptive collection of papers that casts light on a wide range of topics in Wittgenstein interpretation. While Wittgenstein pursued clarity for its own sake, Garver's Quaker commitment to clarity is in service of advocacy, exegesis and criticism. Garver's focus on the nature and extent of his disagreement with Wittgenstein over why clarity should matter in philosophy results in an exemplary discussion of their differences, one that is respectful and insightful, yet also deeply critical."
-David G. Stern, Professor of Philosophy, University of Iowa; Author of Wittgenstein's "Philosophical Investigations"; Coeditor of The Cambridge Companion to Wittgenstein

"This collection is, in fact, Garver's taking stock of his lifelong contribution to contemporary intellectual culture. In the course of his intriguing attempt to bring Ryle and Wittgenstein into conversation with the likes of Martin Luther King and George Fox, Garver himself enters into a conversation with Wittgenstein, a conversation in which he and Wittgenstein often disagree, perhaps more often even than Garver realizes. Such conversations-such disagreements-can have real value: in particular, by throwing the philosophy of a great thinker like Wittgenstein into better relief."
-Dr. Rupert Read, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of East Anglia, Norwich (UK); Coeditor of The New Wittgenstein