Philosophical Investigations

ISBN: 1405159286

Author: Wittgenstein, Ludwig

Condition: New

Philosophical InvestigationsNew editions of the Commentary on Wittgensteins Philosophical Investigations from Wiley-BlackwellWittgenstein: Understanding and Meaning,Volume 1 of An Analytical Commentaryon the Philosophical InvestigationsPart I: EssaysG. P. Baker and P. M. S. HackerSecond, extensively revised edition by P. M. S. HackerWittgenstein: Understanding and Meaning,Volume 1 of An Analytical Commentaryon the Philosophical InvestigationsPart II: Exegesis 1-184G. P. Baker and P. M. S. HackerSecond, extensively revised edition by P. M. S. HackerWittgenstein: Rules, Grammar and Necessity,Volume 2 of An Analytical Commentaryon the Philosophical InvestigationsEssays and Exegesis of 185-242G. P. Baker and P. M. S. HackerSecond, extensively revised edition by P. M. S. HackerImmediately upon its posthumous publication in 1953, Ludwig Wittgensteins Philosophical Investigations was hailed as a masterpiece, and the ensuing years have confirmed this initial assessment. Today it is widely acknowledged to be the single most important philosophical work of the twentieth century.In this definitive new en face German-English edition, Wittgenstein experts Peter Hacker and Joachim Schulte have incorporated significant editorial changes to earlier editions of Philosophical Investigations in order to reflect more closely Wittgensteins original intentions. Notable revisions include the placement of Wittgensteins notes - Randbemerkungen - into their designated positions in the text, some corrections to the originally published German text, and the numbering of all the remarks in what was called Part 2 and is now named Philosophy of Psychology - A Fragment. Extensive modifications and corrections have also been made to G. E. M. Anscombes original English translation. Detailed editorial endnotes have been added to illuminate difficult translation decisions and to identify references and allusions in Wittgensteins original text.