Wittgenstein

Wittgenstein, Ludwig

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

Wittgenstein’s first book. Sorrows of a Young Wittgenstein. English is first, German second. Introduction by Bertrand Russell.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig

Philosophical Investigations

Wittgenstein’s second (other) book. German should be on the left, English on the right. If your reader doesn’t display it that way, let me know.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig

The Blue and Brown Books

These are notes that Wittgenstein wrote in preparation for Philosophical Investigations. This version is very badly typeset; it’s the best one I can find right now.

Frege, Gottlob

Begriffsschrift

Here’s Frege, the guy that Wittgenstein and Russell love. Wikipedia claims this is the first work in Analytic Philosophy.

Frege, Gottlob

The Foundations of Arithmetic

Another important Frege book, which examines the philosophical foundations of mathematics. One very interesting aspect of this book is that it was translated by J.L. Austin, the “speech act” guy, the one that Derrida critiqued in “Signature Event Context.”

Russell, Bertrand

The Principles of Mathematics

This is the book in which Russell introduces the paradox that Wittgenstein talks about in 3.333 of the Tractatus and tries to resolve.

Commentary on Wittgenstein

Schmitt, Richard

“Glossary of Mathematical and Logical Symbols in Tractatus”

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