The Blue and Brown Books
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The Blue and Brown Books are posthumously published sets of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s lecture notes that mark his transition from the ideas of the Tractatus to the later philosophy of language developed in Philosophical Investigations.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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collection of lecture notes → philosophical work → |
| author |
Ludwig Wittgenstein
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| basedOn |
Wittgenstein’s lectures in Cambridge
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| composedOf |
The Blue Book
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The Brown Book → |
| containsDiscussionOf |
family resemblance
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language-games → ostensive definition → philosophical method as therapy → understanding → |
| countryOfPublication |
United Kingdom
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| editor |
G. E. M. Anscombe
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G. H. von Wright → Rush Rhees → |
| genre |
analytic philosophy text
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philosophical lectures → |
| hasForm |
dictated notes
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student lecture notes → |
| influenced |
Gilbert Ryle
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J. L. Austin → Oxford philosophy → ordinary language philosophy → |
| language |
English
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| marksTransitionFrom |
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
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| marksTransitionTo |
Philosophical Investigations
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| notableFor |
early presentation of later Wittgenstein’s ideas
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informal, exploratory style → transition from picture theory of meaning to use theory of meaning → |
| philosophicalPeriod |
later Wittgenstein
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| publicationStatus |
posthumous
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| publicationYear |
1958
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| publisher |
Basil Blackwell
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| relatedWork |
Philosophical Investigations
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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus → |
| subject |
analytic philosophy
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meaning → method of philosophy → philosophy of language → private language → rule-following → use theory of meaning → |
| timeOfComposition |
early 1930s
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mid 1930s → |
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| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
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notableWork |
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On Certainty
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relatedWork |