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