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However, in 1928 a conference at mathematician Luitzen Brouwer’s (1881-1966) house reawakened his interest in philosophy, convincing him to move back to Cambridge, where he obtained the teaching qualification. The years from 1928 to 1941 are remembered as a period of verification of the logical-philosophical thinking of the ''Tractatus'': starting with the ''Lecture on ethics'' (written and delivered in 1929), he revised and modified his ideas on language, logic, the foundations of mathematics, psychology, anthropology, and symbolic forms. The result of these reflections was collected in a series of manuscripts and typescripts (including the ''Blue Book'', the ''Brown Book'', the ''Big Typescript'', ''Zettel'') by Wittgenstein himself, or annotated during lectures, transcribed, and edited by his students. | However, in 1928 a conference at mathematician Luitzen Brouwer’s (1881-1966) house reawakened his interest in philosophy, convincing him to move back to Cambridge, where he obtained the teaching qualification. The years from 1928 to 1941 are remembered as a period of verification of the logical-philosophical thinking of the ''Tractatus'': starting with the ''Lecture on ethics'' (written and delivered in 1929), he revised and modified his ideas on language, logic, the foundations of mathematics, psychology, anthropology, and symbolic forms. The result of these reflections was collected in a series of manuscripts and typescripts (including the ''Blue Book'', the ''Brown Book'', the ''Big Typescript'', ''Zettel'') by Wittgenstein himself, or annotated during lectures, transcribed, and edited by his students. | ||
During World War II, he served in a civil hospital. He spent the period between 1947 and 1950 between England, Ireland, and the USA, where in the summer of 1949 he sketched out his ''On Certainty.'' But his best known and most memorable, albeit unfinished work from this period remains the ''Philosophical Investigations'', which summarized the thinking of the “second” Wittgenstein and, | During World War II, he served in a civil hospital. He spent the period between 1947 and 1950 between England, Ireland, and the USA, where in the summer of 1949 he sketched out his ''On Certainty.'' But his best known and most memorable, albeit unfinished work from this period remains the ''Philosophical Investigations'', which summarized the thinking of the “second” Wittgenstein and, ever since publication in 1953, it has opened flourishing perspectives for contemporary philosophy. | ||
In his last years, he deepened his knowledge of Georg von Wright (1916-2003), Rush Rhees (1905-1989) and Elizabeth Anscombe (1919-2001), who later became the executors of his posthumous work. He died in 1951 at the age of 62. | In his last years, he deepened his knowledge of Georg von Wright (1916-2003), Rush Rhees (1905-1989) and Elizabeth Anscombe (1919-2001), who later became the executors of his posthumous work. He died in 1951 at the age of 62. | ||