Open AccessThe origins Of Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Remarks: On Ts 208 And Ts 209
Author(s) -
Mauro Luiz Engelmann
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
filósofos/revista philósophos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1982-2928
pISSN - 1414-2236
DOI - 10.5216/phi.v25i1.62274
Subject(s) - philosophy , epistemology , order (exchange) , composition (language) , linguistics , economics , finance
According to Rush Rhees, Wittgenstein composed TS 209 (Philosophical Remarks) and handed it in to Russell in order to renew a grant from the Cambridge Council Cambridge in April-May 1930. Pichler (1994, 2009) and Rothhaupt (2010) challenged Rhees’ hypothesis, and claimed that Wittgenstein handed in TS 208 to Russell, and not TS 209. Against their view, I argue that Rhees’ hypothesis best explains the major motive for the composition of Philosophical Remarks, and that it best explains what Wittgenstein handed in to Russell. While I give six reasons in favor of Rhees, I also try to explain how Russell, Moore, Littlewood, Schlick, and Waismann are linked with the composition of TS 208 and TS 209.