Philosophical Investigations

Philosophical Investigations (German: Philosophische Untersuchungen) is a work by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, published posthumously in 1953.

This article is about the book by Wittgenstein. For other uses of Philosophical Investigation or Philosophical Investigations, see Philosophical Investigations (disambiguation).
Philosophical Investigations
Cover of the first English edition
AuthorLudwig Wittgenstein
Original titlePhilosophische Untersuchungen
TranslatorG. E. M. Anscombe
LanguageGerman
SubjectOrdinary language philosophy
Publication date
1953
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
OCLC954131267

Philosophical Investigations is divided into two parts, consisting of what Wittgenstein calls, in the preface, Bemerkungen, translated by Anscombe as "remarks".

A survey among American university and college teachers ranked the Investigations as the most important book of 20th-century philosophy.

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