Subject: Wittgenstein Archive The Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen During his own lifetime, the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) published just one single book of philosophy, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. On his death, however, he left behind more than 20 000 pages of unpublished manuscripts. In the intervening years parts of his Nachlass have been printed, the most famous of these works being Philosophical Investigations. Together with Tractatus these publications have secured Wittgenstein's worldwide recognition as one of the most singular and influential philosophers of this century. However large parts of his writings are still not published. Objective and Background The objectives of the Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen are to prepare a machine-readable version of all of Ludwig Wittgenstein's unpublished manuscripts. Software for presentation and analysis of the texts is being developed. Texts and software are placed at the disposal of visitors and scholars at the University of Bergen. Many of Wittgenstein's manuscripts are revised several times, and therefore teem with deletions, corrections, alternatives, insertions, and references etc. In order to reproduce the texts as faithfully and carefully as possible, the Wittgenstein Archives has developed a special registration standard, or a encoding system. Software is also developed in order to utilize this encoding system in presentations of the texts, and to prepare them for computer assisted analysis. This software makes it possible to present the texts in various types of fair copy and in various formats for research purposes. For instance; it is possible on the one hand to print a copy without any form of standardisation including all details of the original, and on the other hand one may present a simplified and standardized text, where a number of the details of the original are left out or replaced in order to create a text that is easier to read. By using generally available or specially developed software, users may rapidly and easily make references, searches or selections. It is possible, for instance, to produce in a short time word lists sorted alphabetically or by frequency and to compile concordances of various types. Through computerized searches it will be possible to retrieve specific words, sentences, pages or sections very rapidly. The Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen was founded in 1990. However, the work of preparing Wittgenstein's Nachlass for computer assisted analysis was begun in Norway as early as 1981 when the Norwegian Wittgenstein Project was established. This project was a cooperative effort between the departments of philosophy at the four Norwegian universities. From 1984 the project was located at the Norwegian Computing Centre for the Humanities. This project was discontinued in 1987. The Wittgenstein Archives has been permitted to take over the material transcribed by the Norwegian Wittenstein Project. This material is of approx. 3,200 pages and has been an important basis for the work of the Wittgenstein Archives. Timetable The Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen was established 1 June 1990, for a period of 3 1/2 years. On the basis of an external evaluation, the University of Bergen will in 1993 decide whether the project is to be continued for an additional 2 1/2 years in order to complete the task. By the end of 1993 the most important software elements are to be completed and 7,500 pages of text are to be computerized. The transcriptions will include all the so-called "B{nde" ("Volumes") from the period 1929-40 (MSs 105-122), "Big Typescript" (MS 213), all writings from the period 1949- 51 (MS 168-178), and some other writings. Publications The Wittgenstein Archives publishes a series of working papers which includes scholarly works, reports etc. An agreement of intention has been reached with the Trustees in respect of the copyright in the Wittgenstein Papers about a publication of all of Wittgenstein's Nachlass in machine- readable form. The transcriptions prepared by the Wittgenstein Archives will be published together with raster graphical images of the original documents. Publication of Wittgenstein's complete works in print on the basis of the machine readable texts will be considered. Visiting Scholars In the meantime visiting scholars are permitted to make use of the text materials that are prepared by the project, as well as of a complete collection of xerox-copies of Wittgenstein's Nachlass. Scholars who may wish to work at the Archives should make arrangements well in advance. We request applications in writing indicating the preferred time for the visit and including a short description of the research project. The Wittgenstein Archives is unable to provide visitors with financial assistance. Organization The work of the Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen is made possible through an understanding with the Trustees, Professor G.E.M. Anscombe (Cambridge), Professor Anthony Kenny (Oxford), Professor Peter Winch (Urbana- Champaign, Illinois) and Professor Georg Henrik von Wright (Helsinki). The Wittgenstein Archives was founded by the Senate of the University of Bergen. It is organized as a research project at the Department of Philosophy. The project is externally financed in part and has a separate budget. The Wittgenstein Archives shares administrative and computer services with the Norwegian Computing Centre for the Humanities. The project board has the following members: Office Manager Hilde Bretvin, University Senate Secretariat. Professor Kjell S. Johannessen, Department of Philosophy Director Knut Jonassen, Norwegian Term Bank, Department of Scandinavian Languages and Literature. Professor Tore Nordenstam, Department of Philosophy Professor Beatrice Sandberg, Department of German Professor Orm \verland, Department of English Professor \verland is chairman of the Project Board, and Professor Nordenstam is project supervisor under the Department of Philosophy. Personel Project Director Claus Huitfeldt, Executive Officer Alois Pichler, Executive Officer Ole Letnes. Funding The University of Bergen receives financial support for the project from the Meltzer Fund, Bergen, the Nansen Fund, Oslo, and the Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities (NAVF). For further information, contact: The Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen Harald Haarfagresgt. 31 N-5007 Bergen Norway Tel.: +47-5-21 29 50 (Switchboard: +47-5-21 30 50) Fax.: +47-5-32 26 56 E-mail: wab@pc.hd.uib.no