Double dashes in the Philosophical Investigations
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Philosophical Investigations, double dash, style, reading, pausesAbstract
Scholars have paid little attention to Wittgenstein’s use of the double dash in the Philosophical Investigations (PI), and even PI editions have not consistently distinguished it from his use of the single dash. This paper includes a table of passages containing double dashes in the PI source typescript Ts-227. It also offers a sketch of an interpretation of Wittgenstein’s use of the double dash.
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