Philosophical Investigations

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book philosophical work

Philosophical Investigations is a highly influential 20th-century work of philosophy that reshaped analytic philosophy through its exploration of language, meaning, and the limits of philosophical inquiry.

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Label	Occurrences
Philosophical Investigations canonical	23
Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophical Investigations	1
Philosophische Untersuchungen	1
Wittgenstein’s later manuscripts	1

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instanceOf	book ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ
author	Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizes	Augustinian picture of language ⓘ Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus ⓘ
developmentStage	later Wittgenstein ⓘ
editor	Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ surface form: G. E. M. Anscombe G. H. von Wright ⓘ Rush Rhees ⓘ
hasInfluentialSection	remarks on following a rule ⓘ remarks on seeing-as and aspect perception ⓘ remarks on understanding and interpretation ⓘ
hasPart	Part I ⓘ Part II ⓘ
influenced	cognitive science ⓘ later analytic philosophy ⓘ linguistics ⓘ ordinary language philosophy ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ philosophy of psychology ⓘ
keyConcept	anti-essentialism about meaning ⓘ family resemblance ⓘ forms of life ⓘ language-game ⓘ meaning as use ⓘ private language argument ⓘ rule-following paradox ⓘ
language	German ⓘ
mainSubject	limits of philosophy ⓘ meaning ⓘ nature of understanding ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ private language ⓘ rule-following ⓘ use theory of meaning ⓘ
movement	analytic philosophy ⓘ
notableIdea	meaning depends on public criteria ⓘ philosophy as description of language use ⓘ rejection of private ostensive definition ⓘ
originalTitle	Philosophical Investigations self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Philosophische Untersuchungen
philosophicalApproach	critique of traditional metaphysics ⓘ therapeutic conception of philosophy ⓘ
posthumous	true ⓘ
publicationYear	1953 ⓘ
publisher	Basil Blackwell ⓘ
structure	numbered remarks ⓘ
translator	Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ surface form: G. E. M. Anscombe
writingPeriodEnd	1949 ⓘ
writingPeriodStart	1930 ⓘ

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