The Relationship between Stylish Characteristics of Wittgenstein’s Writing and his Philosophizing

Style and form of Wittgenstein’s writing are unique in contemporary philosophical literature. Thinkers take different stands about role of style and form of writing in Wittgenstein’s works. Some of them considered form and style to be aesthetic element which weakens argumentations of his text. In contrast, the others, believe that he was aware of diverse options of form and style and chosen his unique form and style due to limitations and potentialities of his philosophy and unique potentialities of the chosen form and style. Overall purpose of this study is to examine the relation of literary forms and philosophical content in Wittgenstein’s works. In this regard limitations and potentialities of Wittgenstein’s style and literary forms are studied. The method of this research is descriptive-analytical and it is done by focusing on Wittgenstein’s works. Findings of this research show that the literary aspects of philosophical text are not accidental or ornamental for Wittgenstein. Results of this research also show that he was aware of limitation and potentialities which originate from literary form. In addition, studying literary aspect of Wittgenstein’s works in conjunction with their philosophical content reveals their fusion and interconnectivity to achieve his philosophical purposes.