Wittgenstein''s Heirs and Editors

Zusammenfassung Ludwig Wittgenstein is one of the most widely read philosophers of the twentieth century. But, with one exception, the books in which his philosophy was published were posthumously edited from the writings he left to posterity. This Element explores how his 20,000 pages of philosophical writing became published volumes. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Publishing the Philosophical Investigations; 2. Perspectives on Philosophical Investigations and the Tractatus; 3. The 'middle Wittgenstein'; 4. The Wittgenstein Papers; 5. First steps towards a scholarly edition; 6. Recent scholarly editions; Appendix: Looking into Wittgenstein's Nachlass.

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• Authors: Christian Erbacher, Christian (Universitat Siegen Erbacher
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781108813204
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81320-4
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in the Philosophy of; Elements in the Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / General, 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -