Philosophical Investigations is to see it as a document embodying the conservative thought style². It is very important to understand what is meant by the word "conservative' here. I am going to take my definition of "conservative thought' from the essay of that title written by the sociologist Karl Mannheim. It is to be found in his Essays on Sociology and Social Psychology published in 1953." /> Wittgenstein as a conservative thinker - Bloor David | sdvig press