This is a review that rewards a careful reading. The author summarizes a new book of Wittgenstein's philosophy - Charles Travis's Thought's Footing: A Theme in Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. The author gets straight to what's important in Wittgenstein: the relation between truth and meaning. Travis (accurately) sets Wittgenstein against Frege, who advanced a Semantic-Web-style their of meaning and truth. But "Travis's point is that Frege's way is illusory. There is no building everything in from the start."
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