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    Paul Wittgenstein (November 5, 1887 – March 3, 1961) was an Austrian-American concert pianist notable for commissioning new piano concerti for the left...
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    Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (/ˈvɪtɡənʃtaɪn, -staɪn/ VIT-gən-s(h)tyne, Austrian German: [ˈluːdvɪk ˈjoːsɛf ˈjoːhan ˈvɪtɡn̩ʃtaɪn]; 26 April 1889 – 29...
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    pianist Paul Wittgenstein, philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and of philanthropist Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein. The grandfather of Karl Wittgenstein was...
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    Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein, who asked the architect Paul Engelmann to design a townhouse for her. Stonborough-Wittgenstein invited her brother,...
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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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    philosophers: Karl Wittgenstein (1847–1913), steel magnate Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein (1882–1958), philanthropist Paul Wittgenstein (1887–1961), concert...
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  • Wittgenstein is a 1993 experimental comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Derek Jarman, and produced by Tariq Ali. An international co-production...
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  • Stonborough-Wittgenstein (Margarethe Anna Maria, 1882–1958 ), sister of Ludwig Paul Wittgenstein (1887–1961), pianist and brother of Ludwig Paul Wittgenstein (grandson...
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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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  • friendship with Paul Wittgenstein, the nephew of Ludwig Wittgenstein and a member of the wealthy Viennese Wittgenstein family. Paul suffers from an unnamed...
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    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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  • a list of works associated with the left-handed Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein. These works were either: arranged for left hand by him (A) commissioned...
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    Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (Ravel) (category Commissions by Paul Wittgenstein)
    with his Piano Concerto in G major. The piece was commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein, a concert pianist who had lost his right arm in the First World War...
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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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    Hand in D by Maurice Ravel, which was written for Paul Wittgenstein between 1929 and 1930. Wittgenstein, who lost his right arm in World War I, commissioned...
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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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  • 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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    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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    his friendship with the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein between 1916 and 1928, and for being Wittgenstein's partner in the design and building of the Stonborough...
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    teacher. Labor was very close to Paul Wittgenstein's family. He attended many musical evenings at the Wittgenstein home with such Viennese musicians...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • philosophy of language, philosophy and literature, and the thought of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Gottlob Frege, and Elizabeth Anscombe. Diamond is the Kenan Professor...
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  • 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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  • 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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  • Books are two sets of notes taken during lectures conducted by Ludwig Wittgenstein from 1933 to 1935. They were mimeographed as two separate books, and...
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  • Private language argument (category Ludwig Wittgenstein)
    only a single individual is incoherent. It was introduced by Ludwig Wittgenstein in his later work, especially in the Philosophical Investigations. The...
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  • Concerto No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 28, for left hand alone, written for Paul Wittgenstein (1924) Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Per Aspera ad Astra, Op. 32...
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