Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (/ˈvɪtɡənʃtaɪn, -staɪn/ VIT-gən-s(h)tyne, Austrian German: [ˈluːtvɪk ˈjoːzɛf ˈjoːhan ˈvɪtɡn̩ʃtaɪn]; 26 April 1889 – 29...
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Paul Wittgenstein, philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and of philanthropist Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein. The grandfather of Karl Wittgenstein was an...
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philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, to help with the design. In the end, he became more author than helper. In November 1925 Stonborough-Wittgenstein commissioned...
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Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg-Berleburg (‹See Tfd›German: Ludwig Adolf Peter Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg; ‹See Tfd›Russian:...
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Certainty (section Ludwig Wittgenstein – 20th century)
presupposes certainty. Ludwig Wittgenstein, On Certainty, #115 On Certainty is a series of notes made by Ludwig Wittgenstein just prior to his death...
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Wittgenstein family, was a sister of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and the pianist Paul Wittgenstein. She was the subject of a famous 1905 portrait painted...
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Philosophical Investigations (category Books by Ludwig Wittgenstein)
philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, published posthumously in 1953. Philosophical Investigations is divided into two parts, consisting of what Wittgenstein calls...
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brother of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein was born in Vienna, the fourth son of the industrialist Karl Wittgenstein and Leopoldine Maria...
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Language game (philosophy) (category Ludwig Wittgenstein)
developed by Ludwig Wittgenstein, referring to simple examples of language use and the actions into which the language is woven. Wittgenstein argued that...
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language Saul Kripke in which he contends that the central argument of Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations centers on a skeptical rule-following...
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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (redirect from Proposition 7 (Wittgenstein))
only book-length philosophical work by the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein that was published during his lifetime. The project had a broad goal:...
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Ludwig Adolf Friedrich, 2nd Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg (8 June 1799 – 20 June 1866), from 1861 Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn...
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Mathematicism (section Ludwig Wittgenstein)
then various 20th century philosophers, including Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Rudolf Carnap have attempted to elaborate and develop Leibniz's...
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House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, an old German noble family. He is the younger son of Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and...
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Occam's razor (section Ludwig Wittgenstein)
Schleiermacher Karl C F Krause Georg W F Hegel Thomas Carlyle William Whewell Ludwig Feuerbach Søren Kierkegaard Karl Marx Albrecht Ritschl Afrikan Spir 1880...
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Game (section Ludwig Wittgenstein)
oldest known games. Look up game in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ludwig Wittgenstein was probably the first academic philosopher to address the definition...
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Meaning (philosophy) (section Ludwig Wittgenstein)
development of a wide range of philosophical tools. The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein was originally an ideal language philosopher, following the influence...
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as well as the philosophical thinking of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. The adult Wittgenstein is played by Karl Johnson. The original screenplay by...
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philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, the house has been the subject of extensive research about the relationship between its stylistic features, Wittgenstein's personality...
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Logical atomism (section Wittgenstein's principles)
held that the early works of his Austrian-born pupil and colleague, Ludwig Wittgenstein, defend a version of logical atomism, though he went on to reject...
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was a friend, collaborator, and lover of the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Francis Skinner was born in 1912 in Kensington, London, England...
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from 1927 until 1936, Waismann had extensive conversations with Ludwig Wittgenstein about topics in philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of language...
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Haidbauer incident (category Ludwig Wittgenstein)
hit on the head during a class by the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein taught philosophy at the University of Cambridge from 1929...
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Picture theory of language (category Ludwig Wittgenstein)
linguistic reference and meaning articulated by Ludwig Wittgenstein in the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. Wittgenstein suggested that a meaningful proposition...
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Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg was one of several imperial counties and later principalities ruled by the House of Sayn-Wittgenstein. Most of the former county...
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(1882–1958), philanthropist Paul Wittgenstein (1887–1961), concert pianist Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), philosopher The earliest known family members are the...
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Linguistic turn (section Russell and Wittgenstein)
and played a weighty role in his early work in logical atomism. Ludwig Wittgenstein, an associate of Russell, was one of the progenitors of the linguistic...
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Gottlob Frege (redirect from Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege)
(1858–1932), Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), and, to some extent, Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) introduced his work to later generations of philosophers...
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Saul Kripke (section Wittgenstein)
Kripke also gave an original reading of Ludwig Wittgenstein, known as "Kripkenstein", in his Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language. The book contains...
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G. E. M. Anscombe (section On Wittgenstein)
philosophy at the University of Cambridge. Anscombe was a student of Ludwig Wittgenstein and became an authority on his work and edited and translated many...
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