R ush R hees on W ittgenstein and “What Language Is”

R ush R hees identified the question of “what language is” as central to W ittgenstein's philosophy, but believed he failed to follow up adequately the connections between the reality of discourse and our reality as persons. Integral to this is R hees's elaboration of the distinction between such investigations into language and approaches to philosophy restricted to elucidating “the grammars of particular expressions.” The failure to fully acknowledge R hees's contribution to the understanding of these issues has vitiated recent N ew W ittgensteinian discussion of both Wittgenstein and Rhees.