Textual Genesis of Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations

Nuno Venturinha is Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy and teaches at the New University of Lisbon, Portugal.

• Introduction A Composite Work of Art Nuno Venturinha Part I Argumentative Uses 1. Religious Language as Paradigmatic of Language in General: Wittgenstein’s 1933 Lectures Gabriel Citron 2. Wittgenstein’s Blue Book: Reading between the Lines Jonathan Smith 3. Wittgenstein and His Audience: Esotericist or Evangelist? James C. Klagge 4. The Philosophical Investigations and Syncretistic Writing Alois Pichler 5. The Role of the Big Typescript in Wittgenstein’s Later Writings Joachim Schulte Part II The Significance of Logic and Mathematics 6. Logic and Ideality: Wittgenstein’s Way beyond Apriorism, Empiricism and Conventionalism in the Philosophy of Logic Oskari Kuusela 7. Kant and Wittgenstein: The Matter of Transcendental Arguments P.M.S. Hacker 8. Wittgenstein in the mid-1930s: Calculi and Language-games Andrew Lugg 9. Wittgenstein on Rules in Language and Mathematics Severin Schroeder 10. The Form of Proofs: Wittgenstein vs. Principia Mathematica André Maury Addendum: A Wittgenstein Typescript Edited by Nuno Venturinha with an English Translation by James M. Thompson

"There are countless books on Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations but almost none that focus on issues surrounding its genesis. This collection fills that gap and more – its contributors raise questions about the links between the style and form of Wittgenstein’s writings in relation to the aims and ambitions of his philosophy. It will be especially useful for those wishing to learn more about the continuity and character of Wittgenstein’s philosophical approach." -- Daniel D. Hutto, University of Hertfordshire, UK