Philosophical Investigations
1953 work by Ludwig Wittgenstein / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Philosophical Investigations (German: Philosophische Untersuchungen) is a work by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, first published as book posthumously in 1953. The text consists of what Wittgenstein calls, in the preface, Bemerkungen, translated by Anscombe as "remarks".[1]
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Author | Ludwig Wittgenstein |
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Original title | Philosophische Untersuchungen |
Translator | G. E. M. Anscombe |
Language | German |
Subject | Ordinary language philosophy |
Publication date | 1953 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
OCLC | 954131267 |
The book appeared as composed of two parts, but actually Part II has been appended by the editors. In subsequent editions various modifications have been made with material and arguments provided by scholars.[2] In 2001 a genetic-critical edition was released,[3] containing five versions of the original Part I and omitting the second part. The revised English translation from 2009 included a section Philosophy of
Psychology – A fragment [previously known as “ ‘Part II’]”.
A survey among American university and college teachers ranked the Investigations as the most important book of 20th-century philosophy.[4]