Ludwig Wittgenstein - Complete Philosophical Works (43 books)

* Ludwig Wittgenstein - Complete Philosophical Works (43 books)

LUDWIG  WITTGENSTEIN (1889–1951) was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, whose work reshaped large areas of logic, philosophy of language, and the philosophy of mind.  His thought is distinctive not only for its depth and originality but also for the dramatic shift between his early and later philosophies.  Across his career, he was preoccupied with how language relates to reality and how philosophical problems arise from misunderstandings of language.

Wittgenstein’s early philosophy is most famously expressed in his first major work, TRACTATUS LOGICO-PHILOSOPHICUS (1921). In this book, he argues that the structure of language mirrors the structure of the world, and that meaningful propositions are those that picture facts.  The "Tractatus" aims to set clear limits to what can be meaningfully said, claiming that many traditional philosophical questions—about ethics, metaphysics, and religion—lie beyond these limits.  Wittgenstein famously concludes that what cannot be spoken about clearly must be passed over in silence.

After a long break from academic philosophy, Wittgenstein returned with ideas that sharply criticized his earlier views.  These later ideas are developed most fully in PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS (published posthumously in 1953), where he rejects the idea that language has a single underlying logical structure.  Instead, he introduces the concept of “language games,” emphasizing that meaning arises from use within specific social and practical contexts.  According to this view, philosophical confusion occurs when words are taken out of the everyday practices that give them sense.

In addition to his two major books, Wittgenstein’s later thought is developed in several important posthumous works, including REMARKS ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS (1956), THE BLUE AND BROWN BOOKS (1958), and ON CERTAINTY (1969).  These texts address a wide range of issues such as rule-following, the possibility of a private language, the nature of mathematical proof, and the grounds of knowledge and doubt.
The following books are in ePUB and/or PDF format as noted:

* Big Typescript: TS 213 [ed. Luckhardt & Aue] (Blackwell, 2005) – ePUB + PDF
* Blue and Brown Books, 2nd edition (Blackwell, 1969) – PDF
* Culture and Value [2nd edition, amend.] [tr. Winch] (Blackwell, 1980) – PDF
* Dictating Philosophy: The Wittgenstein-Skinner Manuscripts (Springer, 2020) – ePUB + PDF
* Last Writings on the Philosophy of Psychology, Vol. I (Blackwell, 1982) – PDF
* Last Writings on the Philosophy of Psychology, Vol. II (Blackwell, 1992) – PDF
* Lecture on Ethics [ed. Zamuner et al.] (Blackwell, 2014) – ePUB + PDF
* Lectures and Conversations [ed. Barrett] (California, 2007) – PDF
* Lectures on Philosophical Psychology, 1946-47 [ed. Geach] (Chicago, 1989) – PDF
* Lectures on the Foundations of Mathematics [ed. Diamond] (Harvester, 1976) – PDF
* Lectures on the Foundations of Mathematics [ed. Diamond] (Chicago, 1989) – ePUB
* Lectures, Cambridge, 1930-1932 [ed. Lee] (Chicago, 1982) – PDF
* Lectures, Cambridge 1930-1933 [ed. Stern et al.] (Cambridge, 2016) – PDF
* Lectures, Cambridge 1932-1935 [ed. Ambrose] (Rowman & Littlefield, 1979) – PDF
* Movements of Thought: Wittgenstein's Diary [tr. Nordmann] (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023) – ePUB
* The Mythology in Our Language: Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough [tr. Palmié] (Hau, 2020) – PDF
* Notebooks, 1914-1916 [2nd edition] [tr. Anscombe] (Chicago, 1979) – PDF
* On Certainty [tr. Paul & Anscombe] (Blackwell, 1969) – PDF
* On Certainty [tr. Paul & Anscombe] (Blackwell, 1975) – ePUB
* On Certainty: The New Edition and Translation [tr. Hacker] (Wiley, 2025) – ePUB
* Philosophical Grammar [ed. Rhees] (California, 2005) – PDF
* Philosophical Investigations, 4th edition rev. [tr. Anscombe et al.] (Blackwell, 2009) – PDF
* Philosophical Occasions, 1912-1951 [ed. Klagg & Nordmann] (Hackett, 1993) – PDF
* Philosophical Remarks [ed. Rhees] (Chicago, 1975) – PDF
* Public and Private Occasions [ed. Klagge & Nordmann] (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003) – PDF
* Remarks on Colour [ed. Anscombe] (California, 1977) – PDF
* Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics, revised [tr. Anscombe] (MIT, 1978) – PDF
* Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology, Vol. 1 [tr. Anscombe] (Blackwell, 1980) – PDF
* Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus [tr. Beaney] (Oxford, 2023) – ePUB / PDF
* Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus [tr. Booth] (Penguin, 2023) – ePUB
* Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus [tr. Ogden] (Dover, 1999) – ePUB
* Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus [tr. Pears & McGuinness] (Routledge, 2001) – ePUB + PDF
* Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus: Centenary Edition [ed. Bazzocchi] (Anthem, 2021) – PDF
* The Voices of Wittgenstein: The Vienna Circle [ed. Baker] (Routledge, 2003) – PDF
* Whewell's Court Lectures: Cambridge, 1938-1941 [ed. Munz & Ritter] (Wiley, 2017) – ePUB + PDF
* The Wittgenstein Reader [ed. Kenny] (Blackwell, 1994) – PDF
* Zettel [tr. Anscombe] (Blackwell, 1967) – PDF

== LETTERS ==

* Cambridge Letters [ed. McGuinness & von Wright] (Blackwell, 1995) – PDF
* Letters from Ludwig Wittgenstein, with A Memoir [Paul Engelman] (Horizon, 1974) – PDF
* Letters to C. K. Ogden [ed. von Wright] (Blackwell, 1973) – PDF
* Letters to Russell, Keynes, and Moore [ed. von Wright] (Cornell, 1974) – PDF
* Wittgenstein in Cambridge: Letters and Documents, 1911-1951 [ed. McGuinness] (Blackwell, 2008) – PDF
* Wittgenstein’s Family Letters [ed. McGuinness] (Bloomsbury, 2018) – ePUB

== CONVERSATIONS ==

* Bouwsma, O.K. - Wittgenstein: Conversations, 1949-1951 [ed. Craft & Hustwit] (Hackett, 1986) – PDF
* Waisman, Friedrich - Ludwig Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle (Barnes & Noble, 1979) – PDF
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