{"podcast":{"title":"The Nietzsche Podcast","slug":"the-nietzsche-podcast-4138222","podcast_index_feed_id":4138222,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/471f49a0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.patreon.com/untimelyreflections","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/11832328/11832328-1624669997306-e523f25eb51a2.jpg","author":"Untimely Reflections","episode_count":275,"summary":"A podcast about Nietzsche's ideas, his influences, and those he influenced. Philosophy and cultural commentary through a Nietzschean lens. Support the show at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/untimelyreflections A few collected essays and thoughts: https://untimely-reflections.blogspot.com/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T02:19:27.620190+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nietzsche-podcast-4138222"},"episode":{"title":"138: Ludwig Wittgenstein - Philosophical Investigations, part 1","slug":"138-ludwig-wittgenstein-philosophical-investigations-part-1","published_at":"2026-04-21T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nietzsche-podcast-4138222/138-ludwig-wittgenstein-philosophical-investigations-part-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nietzsche-podcast-4138222","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/untimely-reflections/episodes/138-Ludwig-Wittgenstein---Philosophical-Investigations--part-1-e3i792r","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO8265814201.mp3","summary":"In this episode, we're finally talking about a book near and dear to my heart, Wittgenstein's "Philosophical Investigations" (this book took second place in a Patreon poll, and I decided it was time). What is language? How is the meaning of words determined? Wittgenstein initially proposed a pictorial theory of the meaning of sentences, but after his return to philosophy, Wittgenstein II put forward a new theory of language, as the "language-game". We will discuss Wittgenstein's life and career, and then focus on Philosophical Investigations, a work assembled from notes written over the span of 16 years, covering a wide variety of topics and approaching philosophy through thought-experiments, and reflections on the varied uses of words. Wittgenstein's method is to describe rather than explain, and to take our understanding of words from the metaphysical down to the everyday. "Don't think, but look!"","meta_description":"In this episode, we're finally talking about a book near and dear to my heart, Wittgenstein's \"Philosophical Investigations\" (this book took sec…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6215,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-nietzsche-podcast-4138222/episodes/138-ludwig-wittgenstein-philosophical-investigations-part-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nietzsche-podcast-4138222/138-ludwig-wittgenstein-philosophical-investigations-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}