Ludwig Wittgenstein: Dictating Philosophy

Professor Arthur Gibson graduated in Philosophy at Cambridge University, later acting as Director of Studies for a variety of its Colleges; he has been a Member of its Council of Senate, and a Proctor of the University; Arthur is a research member in the University's Department of Pure Mathematics & Mathematical Statistics, with interests in Foundations of Mathematics, Mathematical Philosophy, Wittgenstein, Metaphysics, Quantum Computing, infinity, AI, and mathematical physics of Cosmology – including dark energy; he is Chair of the Faculty Board of Cambridge University's Judge Business School; and for three years was Visiting Fellow at the Cambridge Law Faculty Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. He was the founding Chair of the European Maritime Security Council, continues to research for solutions to and advise on extreme international problems, and select areas of Public International Law jurisprudence for practical applications. His research books include topics in the above subjects, as well as volumes in metaphysics, ancient Near East languages and cultures, modern literatures, and poetry. Niamh O'Mahony was a producer and writer at the BBC Russian Service. She is a graduate of the London School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UCL (Russian), and SOAS (Arabic), previously studying Arabic at Kuwait University. She was a PhD researcher in Early Russian Film at Trinity College Cambridge and the University's Department of Slavonic Studies. Niamh has lectured on the subject of Wittgenstein in Russia, and benefitted from a British Academy research award to do ethnographic research in Dagestan, former Soviet Union. She continues to have small roles in several films (Suffragette, Tulip Fever, Fantastic Beasts 2, Men in Black IV, Wonder Woman 2, etc). Earlier, she graduated from University College Dublin and practised in hospitals in Kuwait, Ireland and the UK.

“Gibson and O’Mahony have done a remarkable job and Dictating Philosophy will prove to be of tremendous importance to the field of Wittgenstein scholarship. … the new angles of approach and skillfully crafted examples from these dictations unquestionably provide real food for thought.” (Nuno Venturinha, PHILOSOPHY, The Journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, June 16, 2021)

• Part 1. The Emergence of the Archive.- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Amanuensis Matters.- Part 2. The Transcriptions of the Wittgenstien Skinner Manuscripts.- Chapter 3. The Pink Book.- Chapter 4. Communication of Personal Experience.- Chapter 5. Philosophy.- Chapter 6. Visual Image in his Brain.- Chapter 7. Norwegian Notebook.- Chapter 8. Self Evidence and Logic.- Part 3. Calculations in the Hand of Francis Skinner.- Chapter 9. Mathematical Calculations in Skinner’s Hand.