Resources to aid the study of Wittgenstein

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Electronic Texts

The last philosophy we will read is the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus by Wittgenstein, the twentieth-century philosopher from Austria. Click here for the electronic text.

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

NOTE:We will only read selections from this text, which I have arranged in three groups.

Lecture Notes

Here, I have gathered the notes from my lectures on Wittgenstein:

• Lecture notes on the background to the Tractatus.
  
• Lecture notes on the Preface to the Tractatus.
  
• Lecture notes on the first selected group of readings.
  
• Lecture notes on the second selected group of readings.
  
• Lecture notes on the third selected group of readings.
  

Assignments

There is only one short writing assignment taken from the Tractatus:

Recommended Resources:

You might find some useful information at these other sites. Please let me know of any valuable discoveries.

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   August 30, 1999