Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations

We write to invite you to a reading group on Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations. This group will not require preparation prior to the meetings. The format of the reading group will be a slow but deep dive into the Investigations by reading aloud and then discussing the book, section by section. We hope to make it through 5 to 10 sections each meeting. After the discussion on a section dries up, we’ll move to the next section until the hour and a half of the meeting is over. This design is meant to accommodate busy schedules, and it also should be amenable to varying degrees of familiarity with the Investigations and Wittgenstein’s other work.

Our first meeting will be next Friday (February 2) from 1:30-3:00pm. Location: Angell Hall 3184. All interested faculty, staff, and graduate students are welcome to attend. RSVP to Bryan Kim-Butler (bkimbutl@umich.edu) and Ben Mangrum (bmangrum@umich.edu). If you can’t make it for the first meeting but are interested, please let us know and we’ll add you to the mailing list.

We'll bring photocopies of the sections likely to be read and discussed each meeting. However, you’re also welcome to bring your own copy of the Investigations.