Ludwig Wittgenstein

Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. From 1929–1947, Wittgenstein taught at the University of Cambridge. During his lifetime he published just one slim book, the 75-page Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921), one article, one book review and a children's dictionary. His voluminous manuscripts were edited and published posthumously. Philosophical Investigations appeared as a book in 1953 and by the end of the century it was considered an important modern classic.

Literature

Books by Wittgenstein

• "Logisch-Philosophische Abhandlung", Annalen der Naturphilosophie, 14, 1921.
  • Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, translated C. K. Ogden, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & CO., New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1922 (in English).
  • Tractatus logico-philosophicus, trans. Mircea Dumitru and Mircea Flonta, București: Humanitas, 2001. (in Romanian)
• The Blue and Brown Books [notes dictated in English to Cambridge students in 1933–1935], 1958 The Blue Book online.
  • Caietul albastru, trans. Mircea Flonta & Mircea Dumitru, București: Humanitas, 1993, 2005. (in Romanian).
• [Über Gewißheit] On Certainty, G. E. M. Anscombe and G. H. von Wright (eds.), trans. Denis Paul and G. E. M. Anscombe, Basil Blackwell, Oxford 1969-1975.
  • Despre certitudine, București: Humanitas, 2005. (in Romanian)

Books on Wittgenstein

• Allan Janik and Stephen Toulmin, Wittgenstein’s Vienna, 1973-.
  • Viena lui Wittgenstein, trans. Mircea Flonta, București: Humanitas, 1998. (in Romanian)
• Ray Monk, Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius, 1990-.

Links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Wittgenstein
• http://www.gutenberg.org/author/Ludwig+Wittgenstein