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Work #726 · Mid

The Blue and Brown Books

Ludwig Wittgenstein
1933-35 (dictations); 1958 (published posthumously) · English
Philosophical dictations · British analytic philosophy / ordinary-language philosophy

Wittgenstein's 1933-35 transitional dictations bridging Tractatus (1921) and Philosophical Investigations (1953)

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Attribute The Blue and Brown Books (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

The Blue and Brown Books

The temporal life of language-game practice.

Space

The Blue and Brown Books

The language-game space.

Matter

The Blue and Brown Books

The embodied language-user.

Observer

The Blue and Brown Books

The language-game participant.

Energy

The Blue and Brown Books

Energies of language-game performance.

Information

The Blue and Brown Books

Transitional language-game framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The Blue and Brown Books

The Blue and Brown Books document the transition from Wittgenstein's early to later philosophy.