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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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    Adolf Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg-Berleburg (German: Ludwig Adolf Peter Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg; Russian: Пётр Христианович...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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 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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    (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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    (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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  • language. Its earliest forms are associated with the later work of Ludwig Wittgenstein and a number of mid-20th century philosophers who can be split into...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Look up Wittgenstein in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ludwig Wittgenstein (Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein, 1889 – 1951) was an Austrian-British philosopher...
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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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  • 1957) is a British biographer who is renowned for his biographies of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Bertrand Russell, and J. Robert Oppenheimer. He is emeritus professor...
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  • the age of 26. He was a close friend of Ludwig Wittgenstein and, as an undergraduate, translated Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus into English...
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    Tarski, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Willard Van Orman Quine, Saul Kripke, among others. Padilla Gálvez is recognized as one of the leading experts of Ludwig Wittgenstein's...
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