Ludwig Wittgenstein

The Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus first appeared in 1921 and was the only philosophical work that Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) published during his lifetime. Written in short, carefully numbered paragraphs of extreme compression and brilliance, it immediately convinced many of its readers and captured the imagination of all.Its chief influence, at first, was on the Logical Positivists of the 1920s and 1930s, but many other philosophers were stimulated by its philosophy of language, finding attractive, even if ultimately unsatisfactory, its view that propositions were pictures of reality. Perhaps most of all, its own author, after his return to philosophy in the late 1920s, was fascinated by its vision of an inexpressible, crystalline world of logical relationships.C.K. Ogden's translation of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus has a unique provenance. As revealed in Letters of C.K. Ogden (1973) and in correspondence in The Times Literary Supplement, Wittgenstein, Ramsey and Moore all worked with Ogden on the translation, which had Wittgenstein's complete approval. The very name Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus was of Ogden's devising; and there is very strong feeling among philosophers that, among the differing translations of this work, Ogden's is the definitive text - and Wittgenstein's version of the English equivalent of his Logisch-Philosophische Abhandlung.

Ludwig Wittgenstein is one of the greatest and most fascinating philosophers of all time. His Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, composed in a series of remarkable numbered propositions, was the only book he published in his lifetime. He tackles nothing less than the question of whether there is such a thing as a logically perfect language and, armed with it, what we can say about the nature of the world itself. Pushing the limits of language, logic and philosophy, the Tractatus is a brilliant, cryptic and hypnotic tour de force, exerting a major impact on twentieth-century philosophy and stirring the imagination today.With a new foreword by Ray Monk.

The finest introduction to "the greatest philosopher of the 20th century" (New York Times Book Review), including the complete text of the Tractatus, The Blue and Brown Books, and On Certainty Major Works is the first single-volume English anthology of Ludwig Wittgenstein's important philosophical writings. Featuring the complete texts of Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, The Blue and Brown Books: Studies for 'Philosophical Investigations, ' and On Certainty, this new collection selects from the early, middle, and later career of this revolutionary thinker, widely recognized as one of the most profound minds of all time. Wittgenstein contributed several groundbreaking ideas to philosophy, primarily in the foundations of logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of mind. "The greatest philosopher of the 20th] century . . . Wittgenstein had an impact of extraordinary proportions. -- Colin McGinn, The New Republic

The first of five planned volumes, this book collects Wittgenstein’s unabridged writings on mathematics and logic composed between 1941 and 1943. In 1956, a significant but abridged portion of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s 1937–1944 writings for a continuation of what became Philosophical Investigations was published as Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics. Now, in the five German-English facing pages volumes of Remarks on Mathematics and Logic, these writings are presented in full as Wittgenstein wrote them: in chronological order, without editorial omissions, selections, or rearrangements. Volume IV contains materials from 1941 to 1943, including one previously unpublished manuscript and three manuscripts from which selections were made for the previous abridgment. The topics covered in this volume include the philosophy of mathematics, mathematical foundationalism, surveyability in mathematics, language-games and proof-networks, Gödelian undecidability, pictures in mathematics, Cantorian diagonal proofs, applied mathematics without pure mathematics, and mathematics and chess, among others. This German-English facing pages edition presents Wittgenstein’s writings in their original context—as Wittgenstein wrote them, in chronological order, and without editorial omissions, selections, or rearrangements.

Wittgensteins legendariska krigsdagböcker består av två delar – på högersidan i sina anteckningar skrev han filosofiska anmärkningar – på vänstersidan personliga anmärkningar i kodad skrift. När dagböckerna först publicerades postumt utelämnades de personliga anmärkningarna, då de ansågs alltför privata. De filosofiska dagböckerna är å andra sidan välkända och en ovärderlig källa till förståelsen av Tractatus logico-philosophicus. Det är här han först utarbetar de tankar som sedan återkommer i hans första huvudtraktat. På många sätt innehåller de i vissa avseende till och med mer än hans Tractatus. De filosofiska anmärkningarna kan sägas korrespondera med de personliga, vilka visar att Wittgenstein inte enbart var den sakliga och kyliga logiker som man ofta antar. De visar att det fanns en tydlig etisk-religiös dimension i hans tänkande personlighet och de personliga anteckningarna (hemliga dagböckerna) ger en fascinerande bild av Wittgenstein – som var en av 1900-talets mest gåtfulla och inflytelserika filosofer. Dagböckerna tillkom under första världskriget till vars front Wittgenstein enligt egen utsago hade sökt sig för att komma nära döden. De båda böckerna samlas här i en volym och publiceras för första gången på svenska språket. Boken är den tredje i vår filosofiska utgivningsserie

Ludwig Wittgensteins ungdomsverk Tractatus logico-philosophicus har aldrig upphört att intressera och fascinera. I numrerade korta aforismer formuleras här en sammanhängande bild av världen, tänkandet och språket, som haft ett djupgående inflytande på modern filosofi, och som fortfarande diskuteras och tolkas på nya sätt. I språket drar Wittgenstein en knivskarp gräns för vad vi kan veta, tänka och säga, samtidigt som han tycks öppna för en livsfilosofi med övertoner av mystik. Anders Wedbergs översättning av Tractatus har varit svensk standard under lång tid. Den presenteras här i reviderad och språkligt moderniserad version.

"Sinine ja pruun raamat" on 20. sajandi ühe mõjukaima filosoofi Ludwig Wittgensteini Cambridge'i ülikoolis aastail 1933-1935 peetud loengute ülestähendused. Neis tekstides avalduvad esmakordselt ideed, mis saavad keskseks tema hilisemas filosoofias. Näiteks tutvustab Wittgenstein siin keelemängude mõistet ja arusaama, et sõna tähendus seisneb selles, kuidas seda kasutatakse. Samuti arutleb ta selle üle, kuidas filosoofilised probleemid tekivad keele eksitavast iseloomust - me võime nimisõna kohates hakata alati otsima mingit sellele vastavat objekti. Nii tekitavad küsimused nagu "Mis on tähendus?", "Mis on aeg?", "Mis on arv?" meis sageli otsekui vaimse krambi, millega me ei oska midagi peale hakata. Wittgensteini sõber ja õpilane Rush Rhees võrdleb eessõnas "Sinist ja pruuni raamatut" Wittgensteini hilise filosoofia põhiteosega "Filosoofilised uurimused". Raamatu tõlkija, filosoof Henrik Sova käsitleb järelsõnas täienduseks, kuidas nende loengutega alguse saanud ning "Uurimustes" kulmineerunud filosoofia vastandub varase Wittgensteini mõtlemisega ning kuidas see on mõjutanud selliseid filosoofiavoole nagu naturalism ja pragmatism 21. sajandil.

More than a century after its composition, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus—Wittgenstein’s first masterwork and the only book he published during his lifetime—endures as the definitive modern text on what logic can and cannot do. Since its first English-language publication in 1922, this profoundly enigmatic work has inspired philosophers and non-philosophers alike. Consisting of 525 hierarchically numbered statements, each one “self-evident”, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is imbued, as translator Damion Searls writes, with the kind of cryptic grandeur and awe-inspiring opacity we might expect—might want—from such an iconic philosopher. Yet earlier translations, in their efforts to excessively copy German phrasing and syntax, range from stilted, even redolently Victorian, to downright impenetrable. With this new translation and insightful introduction on the language of the book, Searls does justice to Wittgenstein’s masterpiece, capturing the fluid and forceful prose of the original without sacrificing any of its philosophical rigour. Indeed, in freeing the translation from the grip of the German language—revisiting, especially, the nouns and impersonal verbs that don’t convey in English the precision and intensity of the German—Searls renders Wittgenstein’s philosophy clearer and more accessible than ever before. Featuring a preface by eminent Wittgenstein scholar Marjorie Perloff, this bilingual, facing-page edition promises to become the standard for generations to come.

"Det finns människor som är för svaga för att bryta samman. Jag är en av dem." I Ludwig Wittgensteins dagböcker från 1930-talet får vi en intim och sällsynt inblick i en av 1900-talets mest inflytelserika filosofers liv. I detta unika och länge okända dokument vävs Wittgensteins filosofiska genialitet samman med hans mest personliga existentiella funderingar.I anteckningarna från Cambridge och den norska avlägsenheten i Skjolden möter vi en man som brottas med sin kärlek till Marguerite Respinger, sina växlande känslotillstånd och sin rädsla för att bli vansinnig. Wittgenstein skriver om sin relation till kollegor som Frank Ramsey och G. E. Moore, tolkar märkliga drömmar och kommenterar samtidens kulturella och intellektuella strömningar. Han reflekterar över estetiska frågor hos kompositörer som Beethoven och Bruckner, samt går i dialog med författare som Dostojevskij och Kierkegaard. Men mest av allt är dagböckerna en andlig självrannsakan, en personlig uppgörelse med frågor rörande etik och religion en intensiv och ärlig jakt på en autentisk relation till kristendomen och tron. Tankerörelser är ett måste för alla som vill förstå inte bara filosofen utan också människan Ludwig Wittgenstein och de intima kopplingarna mellan de båda. Här presenteras dagböckerna i svensk översättning av Andreas Ekvall, som också försett dem med en initierad introduktion.

During the pandemic, Marjorie Perloff, one of our foremost scholars of global literature, found her mind ineluctably drawn to the profound commentary on life and death in the wartime diaries of eminent philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951). Upon learning that these notebooks, which richly contextualise the early stages of his magnum opus, the Tractatus-Logico-Philosophicus, had never before been published in English, the Viennese-born Perloff determinedly set about translating them. Beginning with the anxious summer of 1914, this historic, en-face edition presents the first-person recollections of a foot soldier in the Austrian Army, fresh from his days as a philosophy student at Cambridge, who must grapple with the hazing of his fellow soldiers, the stirrings of a forbidden sexuality, and the formation of an explosive analytical philosophy that seemed to draw meaning from his endless brushes with death. Much like Tolstoy’s The Gospel in Brief, Private Notebooks takes us on a personal journey to discovery as it augments our knowledge of Wittgenstein himself.

V 2021 godu ispolnilos sto let s momenta pervoj publikatsii truda, kotoryj vo mnogom opredelil razvitie evropejskoj i mirovoj filosofii XX stoletija, - "Logiko-filosofskogo traktata" Ljudviga Vitgenshtejna (1889-1951).Vprochem, s publikatsiej "Traktata" ekstsentrichnyj molodoj uchenyj iz Veny Ljudvig Vitgenshtejn ne obrel mirovoj slavy: fakticheski ego idei poluchili rasprostranenie gorazdo pozzhe. Uzhe vo vtoroj polovine XX stoletija vokrug sochinenija Vitgenshtejna nachal skladyvatsja podlinnyj kult, izuchenie ego teksta voshlo v universitetskie programmy po sovremennoj filosofii, i znakomstvo s nim stalo objazatelnym dlja cheloveka mysljaschego. "Traktat" zatmil soboj bolee pozdnie raboty Vitgenshtejna, opublikovannye posmertno, blagopoluchno perevalil cherez stoletnij rubezh svoego kulturnogo bytovanija, i, sudja po kolichestvu pereizdanij na raznykh jazykakh, emu ugotovana uchast neosporimoj i vechno aktualnoj klassiki.V nastojaschem izdanii vnimaniju chitatelej predlagaetsja novyj kommentirovannyj perevod traktata, priurochennyj k stoletnemu jubileju epokhalnogo truda Vitgenshtejna. Vpervye pri publikatsii "Traktata" na russkom jazyke avtorskaja struktura privoditsja ne linejno, a v vide logicheskogo dreva, kak bylo zadumano avtorom.V Prilozhenii vnimaniju chitatelja predlagaetsja podborka izvlechenij iz proizvedenij rjada avtorov, prinadlezhaschikh k chislu predtech sovremennoj kognitivistiki.

One of the greatest philosophical works of all time, in a new translation for the twenty-first century'The final philosopher to perform the most profound surgery on philosophy ... concise yet exceptionally clear' Ai WeiweiWidely regarded as one of the most influential philosophical works of the twentieth century, Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is a succinct yet wide-ranging exploration of language and logic; of science and mysticism; of what can be said, and what can only be shown. Its austere beauty – along with its famous ‘picture theory’ of meaning – has inspired generations of thinkers, artists, novelists and musicians. In a series of short, bold statements, Wittgenstein seeks to define the limits of meaningful expression. Originally published in the early 1920s, it is the only book-length work the renowned philosopher published in his lifetime.In this thrilling new translation, accompanied by a lively introduction by Jan Zwicky, Alexander Booth displays an extraordinary sensitivity to the subtle influence on Wittgenstein's gem-like prose – at once specialist and, often, remarkably plain-spoken – of his background in mechanical engineering, while at the same time highlighting the underlying poetry of this seminal text.

“Philosophy”, Ludwig Wittgenstein once wrote, “should actually be written only as poetry”. That Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus—Wittgenstein’s master-work, and the only book he published during his lifetime—endures as the definitive modern text on the limits of logic, inspiring artists and philosophers alike, comes as no surprise. Consisting of 525 hierarchically numbered declarative statements, each one “self-evident”, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is imbued, as translator Damion Searls writes, with the kind of “cryptic grandeur” and “awe-inspiring opacity” we might expect—might want—from such an iconic philosopher. Yet previous translations, in their eagerness to replicate German phrasing and syntax, have a stilted, even redolently Victorian air. With this new translation and an important introduction on the language of the book, prefaced by eminent scholar Marjorie Perloff, Searls finally does justice to Wittgenstein’s enigmatic masterpiece, capturing the fluid and forceful language of the original without sacrificing its philosophical rigour—indeed, making Wittgenstein’s philosophy clearer than ever before in English.

Tekst "Logiko-filosofskogo traktata" edva li mozhno nazvat obemnym, odnako trudno pereotsenit ego znachimost dlja vsej posledujuschej evropejskoj filosofii, i kratkost v dannom sluchae govorit lish o tom, naskolko szhato, chetko i tochno Vitgenshtejn formuliroval svoju mysl. Sem korotkikh tezisov i chut bolshe sotni stranits kommentariev k nim... no v etot minimalnyj obem Vitgenshtejn sumel vmestit perevod na filosofskij jazyk vsekh glavnykh idej logicheskogo analiza. "V nachale bylo Slovo", - glasit Biblija, i esli eto tak, to Vitgenshtejn byl odnim iz samykh predannykh uchenikov Logosa.Perevodchik: Dobroselskij L.

Ljudvig Vitgenshtejn (1889-1951) - britanskij filosof avstrijskogo proiskhozhdenija, odin iz samykh originalnykh myslitelej evropejskoj filosofii XX veka, sozdatel teorii postroenija iskusstvennogo "idealnogo" jazyka, osnovannogo na jazyke matematicheskoj logiki.V sbornik voshli zametki L. Vitgenshtejna raznykh let ob iskusstve, filosofii, religii i prosto o zhizni. Zametki otsortirovany sostavitelem po godam, blagodarja chemu chitatel imeet vozmozhnost nabljudat, kak menjalis vozzrenija filosofa s techeniem zhizni.