Philosophical Investigations
Cover of the first English edition | |
| Author | Ludwig Wittgenstein |
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| Original title | Philosophische Untersuchungen |
| Translator | G. E. M. Anscombe |
| Language | German |
| Subject | Ordinary language philosophy |
Publication date | 1953 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| OCLC | 954131267 |
Philosophical Investigations (German: Philosophische Untersuchungen) is a work by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, published posthumously in 1953.
Philosophical Investigations is divided into two parts, consisting of what Wittgenstein calls, in the preface, Bemerkungen, translated by G. E. M. Anscombe as "remarks".[1][a]
A survey among American university and college teachers ranked the Investigations as the most important book of 20th-century philosophy.[2]
- ^ Wittgenstein (1953), Preface. (All citations will be from Wittgenstein (1953), unless otherwise noted.)
- ^ Lackey, Douglas P. (1999). "What Are the Modern Classics? The Baruch Poll of Great Philosophy in the Twentieth Century". The Philosophical Forum. 30 (4): 329–346. doi:10.1111/0031-806X.00022. ISSN 1467-9191.
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