Abstract

This paper presents some fragments of a Wittgenstein Dictionary based on the analysis of Wittgenstein’s Nachlass through the digital resources offered by the Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen. The contribution starts by highlighting the reasons for creating a Wittgenstein Dictionary as a tool for studying and deepening Wittgenstein’s thought and its conceptual apparatus. Before showing the results of semantic reconstruction of the concepts “form of lifeµ and “primitiveµ, an explanation is provided of the applied methodology as well as of a description of the goals and structure of the entries