The last line is dismissing the third option but it’s not clear what he thinks Wittgenstein’s failure was (lack of recent popularity?).
Presumably, the failure of the Tractatus in the face of the color-correspondence problem.
I took him to be speaking of late Wittgenstein.
Feser’s claim seems to be that Wittgenstein failed to offer a metaphysics of his own to replace the reductionist one he demolished.
Presumably, the failure of the Tractatus in the face of the color-correspondence problem.
I took him to be speaking of late Wittgenstein.
Feser’s claim seems to be that Wittgenstein failed to offer a metaphysics of his own to replace the reductionist one he demolished.