The Blue and Brown Books

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The Blue and Brown Books are posthumously published sets of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s lecture notes that mark his transition from the ideas of the Tractatus to the later philosophy of language developed in Philosophical Investigations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
collection of lecture notes ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
author Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ
basedOn Wittgenstein’s lectures in Cambridge ⓘ
composedOf The Blue Book ⓘ
The Brown Book ⓘ
containsDiscussionOf family resemblance ⓘ
language-games ⓘ
ostensive definition ⓘ
philosophical method as therapy ⓘ
understanding ⓘ
countryOfPublication United Kingdom ⓘ
editor G. E. M. Anscombe ⓘ
linked to: Elizabeth Anscombe

G. H. von Wright ⓘ
Rush Rhees ⓘ
genre analytic philosophy text ⓘ
philosophical lectures ⓘ
hasForm dictated notes ⓘ
student lecture notes ⓘ
influenced Gilbert Ryle ⓘ
J. L. Austin ⓘ
Oxford philosophy ⓘ
ordinary language philosophy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
marksTransitionFrom Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus ⓘ
marksTransitionTo Philosophical Investigations ⓘ
notableFor early presentation of later Wittgenstein’s ideas ⓘ
informal, exploratory style ⓘ
transition from picture theory of meaning to use theory of meaning ⓘ
philosophicalPeriod later Wittgenstein ⓘ
linked to: Ludwig Wittgenstein
publicationStatus posthumous ⓘ
publicationYear 1958 ⓘ
publisher Basil Blackwell ⓘ
relatedWork Philosophical Investigations ⓘ
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus ⓘ
subject analytic philosophy ⓘ
meaning ⓘ
method of philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
private language ⓘ
rule-following ⓘ
use theory of meaning ⓘ
timeOfComposition early 1930s ⓘ
mid 1930s ⓘ

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On Certainty → relatedWork → The Blue and Brown Books ⓘ