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During the last year, the LWP’s team has been working on an ambitious project to write an English-language introduction for each of the individual writings that are available on our website. The goal was to afford readers who are not acquainted with Wittgenstien’s work some background information and philosophical context, to help them approach the text with a better degree of understanding. These introductions were to be as neutral as possible, meaning that they were meant not to take controversial stances or attempt difficult interpretations. | During the last year, the LWP’s team has been working on an ambitious project to write an English-language introduction for each of the individual writings that are available on our website. The goal was to afford readers who are not acquainted with Wittgenstien’s work some background information and philosophical context, to help them approach the text with a better degree of understanding. These introductions were to be as neutral as possible, meaning that they were meant not to take controversial stances or attempt difficult interpretations. | ||
[[File:Wittgenstein notes 1914.jpg|thumb|center|A page from Wittgenstein's wartime diaries (see ''[[Tagebücher 1914-1916]]''): a log, albeit certainly not a blog.]] | |||
As the choice of tenses in the previous paragraph may have let on, this project was not entirely successful. Although some of the introductions were indeed written, the review phase made it clear that an encyclopedia-like degree of impartiality was too hard to combine with the brevity and simplicity we were also striving to achieve. | As the choice of tenses in the previous paragraph may have let on, this project was not entirely successful. Although some of the introductions were indeed written, the review phase made it clear that an encyclopedia-like degree of impartiality was too hard to combine with the brevity and simplicity we were also striving to achieve. | ||
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# News about additional features being deployed on the website or technical accounts of how this or that piece of the LWP’s web infrastructure works (category "[[:Category:Blog - Technology and infrastructure|Technology and infrastructure]]"); | # News about additional features being deployed on the website or technical accounts of how this or that piece of the LWP’s web infrastructure works (category "[[:Category:Blog - Technology and infrastructure|Technology and infrastructure]]"); | ||
# News and short essays (political and combative, if need be) on copyright, with a focus on public domain erosion and public domain enforcement (category "[[:Category:Blog - Copyright|Copyright]]"); | # News and short essays (political and combative, if need be) on copyright, with a focus on public domain erosion and public domain enforcement (category "[[:Category:Blog - Copyright|Copyright]]"); | ||
# And, why not, some Wittgensteinian humour in the form of memes, jokes, etc (category "[[:Category:Blog - Memes and jokes|Memes and jokes]]"). | # And, why not, some Wittgensteinian humour in the form of memes, jokes, etc. (category "[[:Category:Blog - Memes and jokes|Memes and jokes]]"). | ||
We welcome proposals from our readers: if you’d like to write a post for the blog, please check the guidelines at [[Blog:Submissions|Submissions]]. | We welcome proposals from our readers: if you’d like to write a post for the blog, please check the guidelines at [[Blog:Submissions|Submissions]]. | ||