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

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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.

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Erbacher, C. (2019). Ways of Making Wittgenstein Available: Towards Studying Infrastructures and Publics in the History of Editing Wittgenstein’s Writings. In: Korn, M., Reißmann, W., Röhl, T., Sittler, D. (eds) Infrastructuring Publics. Medien der Kooperation. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-20725-0_13

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