Wittgenstein's middle period
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Wittgenstein's middle period is the phase of his philosophy between the Tractatus and the Philosophical Investigations, marked by transitional explorations of language and meaning that significantly reshaped his earlier views.
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| Wittgenstein's middle period canonical | 1 |
| Wittgenstein’s transitional writings | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wittgenstein's middle period Context triple: [The Blue Book, periodOfWork, Wittgenstein's middle period]
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Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language
Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language is Saul Kripke’s influential interpretation of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s later philosophy, especially concerning rule-following, meaning, and the possibility of a private language.
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Wittgenstein’s notebooks
Wittgenstein’s notebooks are the private philosophical journals in which Ludwig Wittgenstein developed many of the ideas that later appeared in his published works, including the reflections posthumously collected in "Culture and Value."
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Wittgenstein and the Possibility of Discourse
"Wittgenstein and the Possibility of Discourse" is a philosophical work by Rush Rhees that explores Ludwig Wittgenstein’s views on language, meaning, and the conditions that make genuine discourse possible.
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Philosophical Investigations
Philosophical Investigations is a highly influential 20th-century work of philosophy that reshaped analytic philosophy through its exploration of language, meaning, and the limits of philosophical inquiry.
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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is Ludwig Wittgenstein’s early 20th-century philosophical work that attempts to define the relationship between language, thought, and reality through a highly structured, logical framework.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wittgenstein's middle period Target entity description: Wittgenstein's middle period is the phase of his philosophy between the Tractatus and the Philosophical Investigations, marked by transitional explorations of language and meaning that significantly reshaped his earlier views.
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A.
Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language
Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language is Saul Kripke’s influential interpretation of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s later philosophy, especially concerning rule-following, meaning, and the possibility of a private language.
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B.
Wittgenstein’s notebooks
Wittgenstein’s notebooks are the private philosophical journals in which Ludwig Wittgenstein developed many of the ideas that later appeared in his published works, including the reflections posthumously collected in "Culture and Value."
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C.
Wittgenstein and the Possibility of Discourse
"Wittgenstein and the Possibility of Discourse" is a philosophical work by Rush Rhees that explores Ludwig Wittgenstein’s views on language, meaning, and the conditions that make genuine discourse possible.
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D.
Philosophical Investigations
Philosophical Investigations is a highly influential 20th-century work of philosophy that reshaped analytic philosophy through its exploration of language, meaning, and the limits of philosophical inquiry.
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E.
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is Ludwig Wittgenstein’s early 20th-century philosophical work that attempts to define the relationship between language, thought, and reality through a highly structured, logical framework.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Wittgenstein’s transitional writings