Philosophical Investigations

Resumen del libro

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 Anscombes 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 reference
New detailed editorial endnotes explain decisions of translators and identify references and allusions in Wittgenstein's original text
Now features new essays on the history of the Philosophical Investigations, and the problems of translating Wittgensteins text

Biografía del autor

Considerado en la actualidad como uno de los filósofos más originales e influyentes del siglo xx. Durante su estancia en el frente de guerra (1914-1918) trabaja en lo que luego será el Tractatus logicophilosophicus, cuya redacción definitiva es del verano de 1918. En 1929 regresa a Cambridge, doctorándose con el Tractatus como tesis. Recibe una beca y comienza a trabajar en lo que finalmente serán las Investigaciones filosóficas, que no acabará hasta 1949.