Does the way authors treat their own works tell us something about how these works are to be understood? not necessarily. but then a standard argument against the "new Wittgenstein" comes under question. The argument is: the undogmatic interpretation of Wittgenstein's Tractatus cannot be correct, since Wittgenstein himself later treats it as a work that holds certain positions. my response is: the argument is only correct if the answer to four specific questions is "yes." The main purpose of

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... paper is to bring issues of philosophical authorship more into focus within Wittgensteinian interpretation.