Philosophical Investigations: The German Text, with a Revised English Translation

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Blackwell, 2001 - Language and languages - 246 pages

Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations presents his own distillation of two decades of intense work on the philosophies of mind, language and meaning. When first published in 1953, it immediately entered the center of philosophical debate, and achieved a classic status it has retained ever since. This revised German-English edition is published on the fiftieth anniversary of Wittgenstein's death. It incorporates final revisions by G. E. M. Anscombe (1919ndash; 2001) to her original English translation. No distribution rights for this book is available outside the USA and North America.

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About the author

Rush Rhees was in the Department of Philosophy at University College, Swansea, Wales. Anthony Kenny was a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.

G. E. M. Anscombe was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Philosophical Investigations: The German Text, with a Revised English Translation
• Author: Ludwig Wittgenstein
• Editor: Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe
• Translated by: Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe
• Edition: 3, illustrated, revised
• Publisher: Blackwell, 2001
• ISBN: 0631231595, 9780631231592
• Length: 246 pages