Wittgenstein, Ludwig 1889-1951

Tractatus logico-philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgenstein( Book )
537 editions published between 1921 and 2010 in 30 languages and held by 2,705 libraries worldwide
"Perhaps the most important work of philosophy written in the twentieth century, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus was the only philosophical work that Ludwig Wittgenstein published during his lifetime. Written in short, carefully numbered paragraphs of extreme brilliance, it captured the imagination of a generation of philosophers. For Wittgenstein, logic was something we use to conquer a reality which is in itself both elusive and unobtainable. He famously summarized the book in the following words; 'What can be said at all can be said clearly; and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence.' David Pears and Brian McGuinness received the highest praise for their meticulous translation. The work is prefaced by Bertrand Russell's original introduction to the first English edition."--BOOK JACKET.

Philosophical investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein( Book )
320 editions published between 1953 and 2010 in 21 languages and held by 2,508 libraries worldwide
Incorporating significant editorial changes from earlier editions, the fourth edition of Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations is the definitive en face German-English version of the most important work of 20th-century philosophy.: The extensively revised English translation incorporates many hundreds of changes to Anscombe's original translation; Footnoted remarks in the earlier editions have now been relocated in the text; What was previously referred to as 'Part 2' is now republished as Philosophy of Psychology A Fragment, and all the remarks in it are numbered for ease of r.

Preliminary studies for the "Philosophical investigations" generally known as the Blue and brown books by Ludwig Wittgenstein( Book )
82 editions published between 1958 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 1,671 libraries worldwide
This book reveals the germination and growth of the ideas which found their final expression in [the author's] later work. It is [for] students of [the author's] thought and to all those who wish to study at first-hand the mental processes of a thinker who fundamentally changed te course of modern philosophy. -Back cover.

On certainty by Ludwig Wittgenstein( Book )
132 editions published between 1965 and 2010 in 18 languages and held by 1,457 libraries worldwide
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Lectures & conversations on aesthetics, psychology, and religious belief by Ludwig Wittgenstein( Book )
80 editions published between 1966 and 2007 in 9 languages and held by 1,397 libraries worldwide

Notebooks, 1914-1916 by Ludwig Wittgenstein( Book )
105 editions published between 1961 and 2009 in 10 languages and held by 1,367 libraries worldwide
Ludwig Wittgenstein's surviving notebooks serve to show what problems were occupying him in connection with many of the paragraphs of the Tractatus which are found in them as a first draft. They serve as a testimony to the thought processes of the Austrian philosopher.

Culture and value by Ludwig Wittgenstein( Book )
116 editions published between 1977 and 2008 in 21 languages and held by 1,254 libraries worldwide
Notities over filosoferen en over diverse cultuurfilosofische kwesties.

Philosophical grammar : part I, The proposition, and its sense, part II, On logic and mathematics by Ludwig Wittgenstein( Book )
97 editions published between 1969 and 2005 in 7 languages and held by 1,237 libraries worldwide
Wittgenstein wrote this book during 1932-1934 - the period just before he began to dictate the Blue Book. In Part I he discusses the notions of "proposition," "sense," "language," "grammar"; what "saying something" is, what distinguishes signs form random marks or noises. Must we start with "primary" signs which need no explanation? In what sense have we a general concept of proposition or of language? The phrases "family of cases" and "family similarities," which the Investigations use, are here; and comparison brings out what is special in the later development. But although it is close to the Investigations at some points, and to the Philosophische Bemerkungen at others, the Philosophical Grammar is an independent work and discusses much that is not in either of them. It is Wittgenstein's fullest treatment of logic and mathematics in their connection with his later understanding of "proposition," "sign," and "system." In Part II he writes on logical inference and generality - criticizing views of Frege and Russell and earlier views of his own, developing his conception of "law of a series" and of "...and so on" - leading to his discussion of mathematics, which fills two fifths of the volume: the ideas of "foundations of mathematics," of cardinal numbers, of mathematical proof, and especially of inductive or recursive proofs (with reference to Skolem), which he treats to a depth and extent beyond anything he said of them elsewhere.

Zettel by Ludwig Wittgenstein( Book )
52 editions published between 1967 and 2008 in 9 languages and held by 1,227 libraries worldwide
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Remarks on colour by Ludwig Wittgenstein( Book )
84 editions published between 1977 and 2010 in 13 languages and held by 1,146 libraries worldwide
Computer version of the German text of Wittgenstein's Bemerkungen über die Farben, with Folio VIEWS text management program for PCs.