The Textual Genesis of Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations [Paperback]

Sixty years after its first edition, there is an increasing consensus among scholars that the work posthumously published as Philosophical Investigations represents something that is far from a complete picture of Wittgensteins second book project. G.H. von Wrights seminal research on the Nachlasswas an important contribution in this direction, showing that the Wittgenstein papers can reveal much more than the source of specific remarks. This book specifically explores Wittgensteins PhilosophicalInvestigationsfrom the different angles of its originary conceptions, including the mathematical texts, shedding new light on fundamental issues in twentieth century and contemporary philosophy. Leading authorities in the field focus on newly published or hitherto unpublished sources for the interpretation of Wittgensteins later work and a Wittgenstein typescript, translated for the first time into English, is included as an appendix.

Introduction A Composite Work of Art Nuno VenturinhaPart I Argumentative Uses 1. Religious Language as Paradigmatic of Language in General: Wittgensteins 1933 Lectures Gabriel Citron2. Wittgensteins Blue Book: Reading between the Lines Jonathan Smith3. Wittgenstein and His Audience: Esotericist or Evangelist? James C. Klagge4. The Philosophical Investigations and Syncretistic Writing Alois Pichler5. The Role of the Big Typescript in Wittgensteins Later Writings Joachim SchultePart II  The Significance of Logic and Mathematics 6. Logic and Ideality: Wittgensteins Way beyond Apriorism, Empiricism and Conventionalism in the Philosophy of Logic Oskari Kuusela7. Kant and Wittgenstein: The Matter of Transcendental Arguments P.M.S. Hacker8. Wittgenstein in the mid-1930s: Cl“é