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From 1946 to 1949 he worked on the philosophy of psychology almost without interruption. Wittgenstein discusses numerous problems and puzzles in the fields of semantics, logic, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of psychology, philosophy of action, and philosophy of mind, putting forth the view that conceptual. Wittgenstein philosophical investigations, sections 165. A summary of philosophical investigations in s ludwig wittgenstein 18891951. Wittgenstein pointed to the epistemological significance of puzzle pictures, such as the ambiguous duckrabbit that can be seen either as a ducks head facing one way or a. Ludwig wittgensteins philosophical investigations is a hugely important piece of philosophical writing, one frequently encountered by students of philosophy. The opening salvos of the philosophical investigations are dedicated to refuting or complicating a very commonsense and philosophically entrenched notion of how language functions, that each particular world is attached to a particular thing via ostensive definition. A companion to wittgensteins philosophical investigations. Although less dominant now than when i was a student, ludwig wittgensteins thoughts from the tractatus to the untersuchungen influence all my philosophical thinking.
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Anscombe translated wittgensteins manuscript, and it was first published in 1953. His philosophical investigations remain devoid of ethical determinants for human action and without. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading wittgenstein s philosophical investigations cambridge critical guides. We contribute to this debate by drawing on wittgensteinian.
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