Karl Otto Clemens Wittgenstein (8 April 1847 – 20 January 1913) was a German-born Austrian steel tycoon. A friend of Andrew Carnegie, with whom he was...
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Karl, the Wittgensteins became the second wealthiest family in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, only the Rothschilds being wealthier. Karl Wittgenstein was...
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the philosophical thinking of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. The adult Wittgenstein is played by Karl Johnson. The original screenplay by literary critic...
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philosophers: Karl Wittgenstein (1847–1913), steel magnate Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein (1882–1958), philanthropist Paul Wittgenstein (1887–1961),...
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Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (Richard Casimir Karl August Robert Konstantin; 29 October 1934 – 13 March 2017) was the head of the...
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of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein was born in Vienna, the fourth son of the industrialist Karl Wittgenstein and Leopoldine Maria Josefa...
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Fredrik zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (German: August Fredrik Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg), known professionally as August Wittgenstein, (born 22...
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Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language is a 1982 book by philosopher of language Saul Kripke in which he contends that the central argument of Ludwig...
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Philosophical Investigations (category Books by Ludwig Wittgenstein)
Ludwig Wittgenstein, published posthumously in 1953. Philosophical Investigations is divided into two parts, consisting of what Wittgenstein calls, in...
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Haidbauer incident (category Ludwig Wittgenstein)
on the head during a class by the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein taught philosophy at the University of Cambridge from 1929, but...
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Wittgenstein Wittgenstein, a fictional computer in The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue and The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars Karl Wittgenstein...
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Margaret "Gretl" Stonborough-Wittgenstein (19 September 1882 – 27 September 1958) of the prominent and wealthy Viennese Wittgenstein family, was a sister of...
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Haus Wittgenstein (also known as the Stonborough House and the Wittgenstein House) is a house in the modernist style on the Kundmanngasse, Vienna, Austria...
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Wyndham's Theatre "Karl Johnson on The Pineapple Pub". London Beyond Sight. 1 October 2012. VocalEyesAD. Open Culture: Wittgenstein Archived 6 October...
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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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Nordic countries). The building was financed by Karl Wittgenstein, the father of Ludwig Wittgenstein. The motto of the Secessionist movement is written...
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a friend, collaborator, and lover of the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Francis Skinner was born in 1912 in Kensington, London, England. Both...
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about events in the history of philosophy involving Sir Karl Popper and Ludwig Wittgenstein, leading to a confrontation at the Cambridge University Moral...
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Marianne, Dowager Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, (born Baroness Maria Anna Mayr von Melnhof; 9 December 1919) is a German noblewoman, socialite, a...
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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 a...
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born in Vienna to Max Salzer (a doctor) and Helene Wittgenstein (a daughter of Karl Wittgenstein). He studied musicology with Guido Adler at the University...
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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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Family resemblance (category Ludwig Wittgenstein)
Familienähnlichkeit) is a philosophical idea made popular by Ludwig Wittgenstein, with the best known exposition given in his posthumously published book...
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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 books...
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nevertheless quite distinct from Wittgenstein's position. Contemporary discussion of quietism can be traced back to Ludwig Wittgenstein, whose work greatly influenced...
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Colonialism, and Literature (1990) Ideology: An Introduction (1991–2007) Wittgenstein: The Terry Eagleton Script, The Derek Jarman Film (1993) Literary Theory...
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In philosophy, Wittgenstein's ladder is a metaphor set out by Ludwig Wittgenstein about learning. In what may be a deliberate reference to Søren Kierkegaard's...
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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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Zeitraum 1800–1980, p. 293 Karl R. Popper ([1976] 2002. Unended Quest: An Intellectual Autobiography, p. 6. Wittgenstein's Poker, page 76 Raphael, F....
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Wilhelm Ludwig Georg, Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (October 9, 1770 - April 11, 1851) was a Prussian statesman and confidant of Friedrich Wilhelm...
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