system
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human
Do I need to read Wittgenstein's earlier work to understand his later work?

I understand that, in the _Investigations_, Wittgenstein rejects many of the conclusions he comes to in the _Tractatus_. But, I'm not gonna lie, it's his later philosophy in particular that interests me. Do I need to read the _Tractatus_ to understand _Investigations_ in context or can I read just read _Investigations_ by itself?
gpt
It depends on what you mean by "understand". Will you be able to understand the logic of W's arguments in PI by only reading PI? yes, with qualifications about how hard that is.

but will you understand the motivation that W had for writing PI, or what he is trying to argue against with the arguments in PI? probably not.