THE TRACTATUS, WITTGENSTEIN’S METHOD AND ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY. By Nikolay Milkov. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2026. 303 pp.

Nikolay Milkov’s The Tractatus, Wittgenstein’s Method and Analytic Philosophy sets itself the explicit goal, as the title already indicates, of “present[ing] a valid interpretation of Wittgenstein’s Tractatus” (p. 1). To this end, Milkov seeks to overcome what he regards as the limitations of one-sided or partial readings by employing what he calls the “method of ‘logical contextual history of philosophy’” (p. 3). This method combines the results of archaeological studies on the composition of the Tractatus with careful consideration of Wittgenstein’s other texts and materials, integrating them into a properly philosophical and interpretive reflection. At the same time, Milkov declares his intention to adopt a “historical–philosophical approach to Wittgenstein” (p. 6), situating him within the broader development of Western philosophy. Taken together, these aims are meant to support the book’s central thesis: that the fundamental principle of Wittgenstein’s philosophy is methodological, insofar as it promotes the cultivation and exercise of a particular skill designed to improve our thinking.