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Philosophical Investigations
- Author
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Narrator
- Jonathan Booth
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 28 December 2020
- Run Time
- 9 hours 34 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Philosophical Investigations was the result.
It explores the concept of meaning, of understanding, of propositions, of logic, of states of consciousness and of many other topics. The fundamental ideas of the Tractatus are both expounded and criticised. This is the text of the third edition.
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- Author
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Narrator
- Jonathan Booth
- Duration
- 9 hours 34 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 December 2020
- ISBN
- 9781004134380
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
Synopsis
Philosophical Investigations - a landmark in 20th century philosophy - was published in 1953, two years after the death of its author. In the preface written in Cambridge in 1945 where he was professor of philosophy he states: ‘Four years ago I had occasion to re-read my first book (the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus) and to explain its ideas to someone. It suddenly seemed to me that I should publish those old thoughts and the new ones together: that the latter could be seen in the right light only by contrast with and against the background of my old way of thinking.’ Philosophical Investigations was the result. It explores the concept of meaning, of understanding, of propositions, of logic, of states of consciousness and of many other topics. The fundamental ideas of the Tractatus are both expounded and criticised. This is the text of the third edition.
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