Philosophen, Sprachwissenschaftler
Zettelsammlung aus den Synopsen der Manuskriptbände I bis X
Teilband 2
von Ludwig Wittgenstein, herausgegeben von Michael NedoMit der Rückkehr nach Cambridge und zum philosophischen Schreiben Ende Januar 1929 entwickelt Wittgenstein den Plan, seine neueren Gedanken in einem zweiten Buch zu veröffentlichen. In den zehn Manuskriptbänden, die er von 1929 bis 1932 geschrieben hatte (WA 1 bis 5), markiert er Bemerkungen, die er in sein Buch übernehmen will, welche er dann in zwei Synopsen diktiert (WA 7 und 8). In diesen Synopsen macht er, bevor er sie in Zettel mit einzelnen Bemerkungen oder Gruppen von Bemerkungen zerschneidet, eine Reihe handschriftlicher Anmerkungen, z. B. Seiten- und andere Referenzen, Umstellungen, Zusammenfügungen und Trennungen von Bemerkungen und Absätzen sowie Ergänzungen. Die Zettel ordnet er neu, gebündelt unter handschriftlichen Titeln in 19 Kapitel mit 140 Sektionen, aus welchen er im März 1933 in Wien das sogenannte Big Typescript diktiert (WA 11). Der Band WA 10 verdeutlicht in eindrucksvoller Weise Wittgensteins Gedankenbewegungen im Übergang von seinen Manuskriptbänden über die Synopsen in sein geplantes Buch. Nur wenige der handschriftlichen Anmerkungen aus den Synopsen wurden in diesen Band übernommen. Sie hätten den Text unnötig belastet. Da viele dieser Anmerkungen in Folge des Zerschneidens der Synopsen in einzelne Zettel unvollständig sind, und da zu ihrer rechten Einordnung noch viel Forschungsarbeit notwendig ist, werden sie in einem begleitenden elektronischen Apparat veröffentlicht.
With his return to Cambridge and to philosophical writing at the end of January 1929, Wittgenstein develops the plan to publish his more recent thoughts in a second book. In the ten manuscript volumes he had written from 1929 to 1932 (WA 1 to 5), he indicates those remarks he wants to include in his new book, which he then dictates in two synopses (WA 7 and 8). In these synopses, before cutting them into slips of paper with individual remarks or groups of remarks, he makes a number of handwritten annotations, e. g., page and other references, rearrangements, mergings and separations of remarks and paragraphs, and additions. He then rearranges the slips, bundled under handwritten titles into 19 chapters with 140 sections, from which he finally dictates the so-called Big Typescript in Vienna in March 1933 (WA 11). The present volume strikingly illustrates Wittgenstein's movements of thought in the transition from his manuscript volumes via the synopses into his planned book. Only a few of the handwritten annotations from the synopses were included in this volume, though, as they would have unnecessarily weighed down the text. Since many of these annotations are incomplete as a result of the cutting of the synopses into individual slips of paper, and since much research is still needed to classify them properly, they are published in an accompanying electronic apparatus.
With his return to Cambridge and to philosophical writing at the end of January 1929, Wittgenstein develops the plan to publish his more recent thoughts in a second book. In the ten manuscript volumes he had written from 1929 to 1932 (WA 1 to 5), he indicates those remarks he wants to include in his new book, which he then dictates in two synopses (WA 7 and 8). In these synopses, before cutting them into slips of paper with individual remarks or groups of remarks, he makes a number of handwritten annotations, e. g., page and other references, rearrangements, mergings and separations of remarks and paragraphs, and additions. He then rearranges the slips, bundled under handwritten titles into 19 chapters with 140 sections, from which he finally dictates the so-called Big Typescript in Vienna in March 1933 (WA 11). The present volume strikingly illustrates Wittgenstein's movements of thought in the transition from his manuscript volumes via the synopses into his planned book. Only a few of the handwritten annotations from the synopses were included in this volume, though, as they would have unnecessarily weighed down the text. Since many of these annotations are incomplete as a result of the cutting of the synopses into individual slips of paper, and since much research is still needed to classify them properly, they are published in an accompanying electronic apparatus.