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Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein ( / ˈvɪtɡənʃtaɪn, - staɪn / VIT-gən-s (h)tyne; [7] German: [ˈluːdvɪk ˈjoːzɛf 'joːhan ˈvɪtɡn̩ʃtaɪn]; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. [8]
Nov 8, 2002 · Ludwig Wittgenstein. Considered by some to be the greatest philosopher of the 20th century, Ludwig Wittgenstein played a central, if controversial, role in mid-20th-century analytic philosophy. He continues to influence, and incur debate in, current philosophical thought in topics as diverse as logic and language, perception and intention ...
Jun 21, 2024 · Ludwig Wittgenstein was an Austrian-born British philosopher, regarded by many as the greatest philosopher of the 20th century. Wittgenstein’s two major works, Logisch-philosophische Abhandlung (1921; Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, 1922) and Philosophische Untersuchungen (published posthumously in
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889—1951) Ludwig Wittgenstein is one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, and regarded by some as the most important since Immanuel Kant. His early work was influenced by that of Arthur Schopenhauer and, especially, by his teacher Bertrand Russell and by Gottlob Frege, who became something of a ...
Jun 16, 2021 · Wittgenstein in Swansea by Ben Richards, 1947, via The New Statesman. Ludwig Wittgenstein was one of the most influential and multi-faceted thinkers of the 20th century. The Viennese philosopher went through several career-changes, fought in the First World War, and radically changed his own philosophical perspective mid-way through his l
Jul 9, 2023 · Ludwig Wittgenstein pioneered several bold new approaches to philosophy during the 20th century. We take a brief look at his legacy. Ludwig Wittgenstein was one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. His work focuses on questions of logic, language and knowledge, but has been widely understood to have implications for more or ...
Feb 23, 2007 · Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophy of Mathematics is undoubtedly the most unknown and under-appreciated part of his philosophical opus. Indeed, more than half of Wittgenstein’s writings from 1929 through 1944 are devoted to mathematics, a fact that Wittgenstein himself emphasized in 1944 by writing that his “chief contribution has been in the philosophy of mathematics” (Monk 1990: 466).
