Wittgenstein's Heirs and Editors - 9781108813204

Wittgenstein's Heirs and EditorsAuthor(s): Christian Erbacher\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108813204, 978-1108813204\nSynopsis\nLudwig Wittgenstein is one of the most widely read philosophers of the twentieth century. But the books in which his philosophy was published with the exception of his early work Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus were posthumously edited from the writings he left to posterity. How did his 20,000 pages of philosophical writing become published volumes? Using extensive archival material, this Element reconstructs and examines the way in which Wittgenstein's writings were edited over more than fifty years, and shows how the published volumes tell a thrilling story of philosophical inheritance. The discussion ranges over the conflicts between the editors, their deviations from Wittgenstein's manuscripts, other scholarly issues which arose, and also the shared philosoph.