The Big Typescript: Ts 213

In 1933, Wittgenstein set out to dictate a collection of his recent writings to a typist in the form of a book. Even as he was dictating he began revising the text extensively, so that the surviving typewritten manuscript contains numerous corrections, additions, deletions, alternative words and phrasings, suggestions for moves within the text, and marginal comments in both handwritten and typed form. Long awaited by the scholarly community, Wittgenstein’s so–called Big Typescript (von Wright Catalog no. TS 213) is presented here for the first time in an en–face German–English scholars’ edition, complete with clear indications to help the reader identify the various levels of Wittgenstein’s editing. This text provided a rich source of material for Wittgenstein’s subsequent writings, and therefore serves as a key to understanding much of his later philosophy. In 1933, Wittgenstein set out to dictate a collection of his recent writings to a typist in the form of a book. Even as he was dictating he began revising the text extensively, so that the surviving typewritten manuscript contains numerous corrections, additions, deletions, alternative words and phrasings, suggestions for moves within the text, and marginal comments in both handwritten and typed form. Long awaited by the scholarly community, Wittgenstein’s so–called Big Typescript (von Wright Catalog no. TS 213) is presented here for the first time in an en–face German–English scholars’ edition, complete with clear indications to help the reader identify the various levels of Wittgenstein’s editing. This text provided a rich source of material for Wittgenstein’s subsequent writings, and therefore serves as a key to understanding much of his later philosophy.   In 1933, Wittgenstein set out to dictate a collection of his recent writings to a typist in the form of a book. Even as he was dictating he began revising the text extensively, so that the surviving typewritten manuscript contains numerous corrections, additions, deletions, alternative words and phrasings, suggestions for moves within the text, and marginal comments in both handwritten and typed form. Long awaited by the scholarly community, Wittgenstein’s so–called Big Typescript (von Wright Catalog no. TS 213) is presented here for the first time in an en–face German–English scholars’ edition, complete with clear indications to help the reader identify the various levels of Wittgenstein’s editing. This text provided a rich source of material for Wittgenstein’s subsequent writings, and therefore serves as a key to understanding much of his later philosophy.

Verstehen. 1 Bedeutung. 22 Satz. Sinn des Satzes. 49 Understanding. 1 Meaning. 22 Proposition. Sense of a Proposition. 49 Das augenblickliche Verstehn und die Anwendung des Worts in der Zeit. 109 Immediate Understanding and the Application of a Word in Time. 109 Wesen der Sprache. 128 Gedanke. Denken. 164 Grammatik. 183 The Nature of Language. 128 Thought. Thinking. 164 Grammar. 183 Intention und Abbildung. 213 Logischer Schluß. 229 Allgemeinheit. 240 Intention and Depiction. 213 Logical Inference. 229 Generality. 240 Erwartung. Wunsch. etc. 263 Philosophie. 299 Phänomenologie. 319 Expectation. Wish. etc. 263 Philosophy. 299 Phenomenology. 319 Idealismus, etc. 346 Grundlagen der Mathematik. 370 Über Kardinalzahlen. 392 Mathematischer Beweis. 417 Idealism, etc. 346 Foundations of Mathematics. 370 On Cardinal Numbers. 392 Mathematical Proof. 417 Induktionsbeweis. Periodizität. 443 Das Unendliche in der Mathematik. Extensive Auffassung. 482 Anhang I 506 Register 507 Inductive Proofs. Periodicity. 443 The Infinite in Mathematics. The Extensional Viewpoint. 482 Appendix I 506 Index 507

C. Grant Luckhardt is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Georgia State University, where he was a member of the Philosophy Department and for many years the Director of the Honors Program. His research interests are in Wittgenstein and in Native American Thought and Culture. Maximillian E. Aue is Chair and Associate Professor of German Studies at Emory University. His publications include translations of the following works by Wittgenstein: Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology , vol. II (1980), Last Writings on the Philosophy of Psychology , vol. I (1982), and Last Writings on the Philosophy of Psychology , vol. II (1992).