Philosophical investigations

the English text of the third edition.

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Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophical investigations (1968, Macmillan)

250 pages

English language

Published Dec. 13, 1968 by Macmillan.

OCLC Number:
946853

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4 stars (13 reviews)

Posthumously published work by Wittgenstein, in which he came to overthrow some number of his earlier ideas as published in the Tractatus.

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Review of 'Philosophical investigations' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

Just finished my periodic re-read. This is a book for academics but not written in academic style, it is written as a collection of related remarks.
It revolutionized English 20th century philosophy and most linguistic philosophy is very heavily influenced by it.
It is primarily for philosophers but I think neuroscientists would get some good ideas out of it, in spite of the fact that Wittgenstein says 'above all, don't wonder "What can be going on in the eyes or brain"'. That remark is because most of his points have a direct analog in neuroscience. My suspicion is that eventually his points will disappear because language will shift subtly so that the use Wittgenstein makes of his questions and comments will make less sense. At the time he wrote it, there was no way even to interpret them as scientific.

Each time I re-read it a few years apart, I …

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