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The audio contribution available from this site is a recording of
Herbert Hrachovec: Evaluating the Bergen Electronic Edition, lecture given on 13.12.2001 at Wittgenstein Research Revisited: Reflecting upon 50 years of work on Wittgenstein and investigating future perspectives, conference at the University of Bergen, Norway,
12.-15.12.2001.
A revised version of the lecture is published in: Alois Pichler and Simo Säätelä (eds.): Wittgenstein: The philosopher and his works, Working Papers from the Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen no. 17, Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen (WAB) 2005.
Publication on this site with kind permission from the author (2005.4.25).
Herbert Hrachovec: Evaluating the Bergen Electronic Edition
Abstract: Current Wittgenstein scholarship is marked by a striking discrepancy. The Bergen Electronic Edition, which has been published starting in 1998, is now completed and has dramatically changed the eld of Wittgenstein philology. Wittgenstein's entire writings are available in easily accessible facsimiles as well as in carefully prepared diplomatic and normalized transcriptions. This is nothing less than a quantum leap for anyone involved in going beyond the surface of the volumes published from the Nachlass by the Wittgenstein Trustees, some of which have been shown to require philological revision. The search facilities included in the Bergen edition are unique in providing almost instant access to all the data parsed by arbitrary queries. The very scope of the enterprise, offering a comprehensive, multi-layered digital rendition of the Wittgenstein corpus goes far beyond anything we can expect from traditional editions, including Michael Nedo's Wiener Ausgabe, in our lifetime. And yet - this is the discrepancy alluded to - a significant number of recent books on Wittgenstein does not even mention the Bergen edition.
Listen to lecture (QuickTime .mov format): © Text: Herbert Hrachovec, WAB. Audio: Herbert Hrachovec, WAB.
If you don't have QuickTime installed, you can download it for free from here.
A revised version of the lecture is published in: Alois Pichler and Simo Säätelä (eds.): Wittgenstein: The philosopher and his works, Working Papers from the Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen no. 17, Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen (WAB) 2005.
Publication on this site with kind permission from the author (2005.4.25).
Herbert Hrachovec: Evaluating the Bergen Electronic Edition
(Lecture in Bergen 13.12.2001)
Abstract: Current Wittgenstein scholarship is marked by a striking discrepancy. The Bergen Electronic Edition, which has been published starting in 1998, is now completed and has dramatically changed the eld of Wittgenstein philology. Wittgenstein's entire writings are available in easily accessible facsimiles as well as in carefully prepared diplomatic and normalized transcriptions. This is nothing less than a quantum leap for anyone involved in going beyond the surface of the volumes published from the Nachlass by the Wittgenstein Trustees, some of which have been shown to require philological revision. The search facilities included in the Bergen edition are unique in providing almost instant access to all the data parsed by arbitrary queries. The very scope of the enterprise, offering a comprehensive, multi-layered digital rendition of the Wittgenstein corpus goes far beyond anything we can expect from traditional editions, including Michael Nedo's Wiener Ausgabe, in our lifetime. And yet - this is the discrepancy alluded to - a significant number of recent books on Wittgenstein does not even mention the Bergen edition.Listen to lecture (QuickTime .mov format): © Text: Herbert Hrachovec, WAB. Audio: Herbert Hrachovec, WAB.
If you don't have QuickTime installed, you can download it for free from here.