ARTIGO ORIGINAL DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.5216/phi.v25i1.62274 PHILÓSOPHOS, GOIÂNIA, V. 25, N. 1, P. 183-213, JAN./JUN. 2020. 1 183 WITTGENSTEIN’S PHILOSOPHICAL REMARKS: ON TS 208 AND TS 209 1 Mauro Engelmann (UFMG) 2 mlengelmann@hotmail.com Abstract: According to Rush Rhees, Wittgenstein composed TS 209 (Philo- sophical Remarks) and handed it in to Russell in order to renew a grant from the Cambridge Council Cambridge in April-May 1930. Pichler (1994, 2009) and Rothhaupt (2010) challenged Rhees’ hypothesis and claimed that Wit t- genstein handed in TS 208 to Russell, and not TS 209. Against their view, I argue that Rhees’ hypothesis best explains the major motive for the composi- tion of Philosophical Remarks, and that it best explains what Wittgenstein handed in to Russell. While I give six reasons in favor of Rhees, I also try to explain how Russell, Moore, Littlewood, Schlick, and Waismann are linked with the composition of TS 208 and TS 209. Keywords: Wittgenstein; Philosophical Remarks; TS 209; middle period Rush Rhees. 1. INTRODUCTION 3 Philosophical Remarks (Philosophische Bemerkungen) is TS 209 1 Recebido: 23-02-2020/ Aceito: 05-05-2020/ Publicado on-line: 05-10-2020. 2 É professor adjunto da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. 3 I use the following abbreviations: PR for Philosophical Remarks (TS209); WVC for Wittgen- stein and the Vienna Circle; WiC for Wittgenstein in Cambridge; MS for manuscript of the Nachlass; TS for typescript of the Nachlass; Autobiography for Russell’s Autobiography 1914- 1944.