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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Blue and Brown Books (redirect from The Brown Book (Wittgenstein))
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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