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  The Philosophical QuarterlyVolume 55 Issue 218, Pages 1 - 20 Published Online: 16 Dec 2004 Journal compilation © 2010 The Editors of The Philosophical Quarterly
Abstract | Full Text: PDF (Size: 127K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE PROTOTRACTATUS Copyright The Editors of The Philosophical Quarterly, 2005 ABSTRACTWittgenstein's 'Prototractatus' raises difficult textual questions concerning both its structure and the date of its composition. I provide an account of the structure of the 'Prototractatus' by investigating the hitherto unexplored connections between it and other early Wittgenstein manuscripts. I then consider the two most influential proposals on its date of composition, made by von Wright and McGuinness, and argue that neither of them stands up to scrutiny. I make an alternative suggestion, and discuss its implications for the significance of the 'Prototractatus' in the study of Wittgenstein's early philosophy. | 
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