About Dear Old Blood: Notes on a Wittgenstein Noir
The find of a noir detective story Dear Old Blood by the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein sounds too good to be true. Academic Horace Murgatroyd thinks it's a hoax, dreamed up by Herbert Denk to save a failing career. But who will win this war of authenticity?
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Ep. 10 The second and final part of Murgatroyd's Critical Commentary of 'Dear Old Blood'
In the final episode of Horace Murgratroyd's academic interrogation of a noir story purportedly written by Wittgenstein, and what freelance scholar Herbert Denk claims as 'the find of the century', Murgatroyd completes his critical demolition job of the so-called Rosro haul. Will he succeed in winning this war of authenticity, or does the mysterious Denk have one last trick up his sleeve?
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9 Jan 2024
Ep. 9 Herbert Denk's Afterword and Part 1 of Murgatroyd's Commentary
This episode of Horace Murgatroyd's reading and commentaries on the purported Wittgenstein noir 'Dear OId Blood', begins with Herbert Denk's defensive Afterword from the second edition. The first part of Murgatroyd's own critical commentary then follows.
Questions and queries to: horacemurgatroyd@gmail.com
Figure 1. Wittgenstein's grave.
Footnote: See Richard J Evans's Why are we obsessed with the Nazis? in The Guardian, 6th February 2015
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2 Jan 2024
Ep. 8 I Knocked On The Door
In this episode of Horace Murgatroyd's reading and commentaries on the purported Wittgenstein noir 'Dear OId Blood', Nix confronts Godwit at his Norwegian hut over the duck-rabbit as the mysterious assassins close in. What truths will emerge in the final explosive episode of Wittgenstein's apparent noir? End notes include:
Different noir slang for guns
How Wittgenstein applies Gestalt theory to his life
the Nazi theme
Nix's final decision
Herbert Denk's rebuke to Horace Murgatroyd and hopes for the future
Questions and queries to: horacemurgatroyd@gmail.com
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26 Dec 2023
Ep. 7 I Left A Note At The Dead drop
In this episode of Horace Murgatroyd's reading and commentaries on the purported Wittgenstein noir 'Dear OId Blood', Nix follows Godwit to his Norwegian hut. As he gets closer to this mountainous retreat, the private investigator discovers he's not the only one pursuing the philosopher. End notes include:
Wittgenstein's hut in Skjolden, Norway (see photo below)
The phrase 'it comes to you perhaps as a friend and not as an enemy'
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19 Dec 2023
Ep. 6 The Trail Went Cold, Days Slid Into Weeks
In this episode of Horace Murgatroyd's reading and commentaries on the purported Wittgenstein noir 'Dear OId Blood', Godwit has two new interests - a young man and westerns, forcing Nix to watch both of them. A final twist will lead the private investigator much further afield. There are no end notes for this episode.
NB. The previous episode (Episode 5) was given this title in error - this is the correct episode/title match for Episode 6, and episode 5 now has the correct title of 'The Next Day I Woke Up Early'.
Questions and queries to: horacemurgatroyd@gmail.com
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12 Dec 2023
Ep. 5 The Next Day I Woke Up Early
In this episode of Horace Murgatroyd's reading and commentaries on the so-called Wittgenstein 'noir', the private investigator Nix attends a Godwit lecture, gets closer to the mysterious duck-rabbit and does his first 'dead drop'. End notes include:
Pennhurst
David Pinsent's death
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5 Dec 2023
Ep. 4 A Bloody Curious Bird Is My Problem
In this episode of Horace Murgatroyd's reading of the so-called Wittgenstein 'noir', the private investigator Nix meets his nemesis, Lan, now in the guise of a torch singer. The mystery deepens with the appearance of a 'bloody curious bird'. End notes include:
Wittgenstein's musical tastes
Gestalt theory
King Lear
Karl Popper
Norbert Davis' Rendezvous with Fear
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Anti-philosophy
Questions and queries to: horacemurgatroyd@gmail.com
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28 Nov 2023
Ep. 3 The Place Was Swarming With Young Punks
Horace Murgatroyd continues his reading of rogue academic Herbert Denk's 'find of the century' - the purported hardboiled noir written by Ludwig Wittgenstein. In it, our investigator Nix follows the 'wise guy' philosopher Godwit into a meeting of the Cambridge Apostles. End notes include:
Cambridge Apostles
Schubert lieder
the Philosopher Kings
Street & Smith Detective Story Magazine (Fig. 1, of the July 1948 issue, mentioned in the recording below)
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21 Nov 2023
Ep. 2 I Landed On A Beautiful Summer’s Day In June.
Horace Murgatroyd continues his reading of the purported hardboiled noir written by Ludwig Wittgenstein, which rogue academic Herbert Denk claims to have found. In it, our investigator Nix lands in Cambridge and begins to tail the 'wise guy' philosopher, Godwit. End notes include:
Piero Sraffa
David Pinsent
The philosophy of detection
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16 Nov 2023
Ep. 1 The World Is Everything, That Is The Case
This opening episode includes the book's introduction, epigraph and preface, as well as the first chapter of the purported Wittgenstein hardboiled noir detective story, 'Dear Old Blood', which the academic Herbert Denk claims to have discovered. It finishes with a series of end notes including:
the title 'Dear Old Blood'
the detective's name, Nix
the reference to the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
the similarities between philosophy and detection
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