Ways of Making Wittgenstein Available: Towards Studying Infrastructures and Publics in the History of Editing Wittgenstein’s Writings

Abstract

When reading a great philosophical work, we immediately get the feeling that a single voice is directly addressing us; however, often many voices have been involved in enabling such an experience of “sounding through”. Great philosophical texts do not come upon us in a single hit – they often have had an adventurous life among those tasked to carry them forward. One body of work that experienced such a fascinating journey are the writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein.