Ludwig Wittgenstein: References & Edit History

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K.T. Fann (ed.), Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Man and His Philosophy (1967, reissued 1978), is a useful and varied collection that includes, among much else, reminiscences of Wittgenstein by Bertrand Russell. Brian McGuinness, Wittgenstein, a Life: Young Ludwig 1889–1921 (1988), is a careful and detailed examination of the first half of Wittgenstein’s life. Norman Malcolm and G.H. von Wright, Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Memoir, 2nd ed. (1984), is a moving and attractively written firsthand recollection of Wittgenstein by one of his closest students. Ray Monk, Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius (1990), at its publication the only complete biography of Wittgenstein, emphasizes the links between Wittgenstein’s personal and spiritual concerns and his philosophical work. Rush Rhees (ed.), Recollections of Wittgenstein, rev. ed. (1984), is an enlightening collection of memoirs, including notes of conversations with Wittgenstein by his student and friend Maurice Drury. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922), is Wittgenstein’s austere and all but impenetrable masterpiece; Philosophical Investigations (1953), is the locus classicus of Wittgenstein’s later work.

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Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Ludwig Wittgenstein. Dec 10, 2024
Cross-references to the Britannica article on the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus added. Oct 07, 2024
Anniversary information added. Apr 25, 2024
Anniversary information added. Apr 22, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 16, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Notre Dame - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews - Wittgenstein: Biography and Philosophy. Mar 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Mahler Foundation - Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951). Oct 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - Ludwig Wittgenstein. Sep 08, 2023
Add new Web site: Trinity College Chapel - Biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein. Apr 06, 2023
Add new Web site: The Basics of Philosophy - Ludwig Wittgenstein. Jan 13, 2023
Add new Web site: Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein. Nov 16, 2022
Add new Web site: Famous Philosophers - Biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein. Jan 03, 2020
Image added. Mar 24, 2017
Changed description of Wittgenstein's nationality to "British." Jan 09, 2015
Add new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein. May 01, 2013
Add new Web site: The European Graduate School - Biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein. May 01, 2013
Add new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein. May 01, 2013
Media added. May 10, 2007
Added new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Ludwig Wittgenstein. Jun 27, 2006
Article revised. Feb 18, 2005
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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