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About Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austro-British philosopher
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was an Austro-British philosopher associated with logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He is known for work that shaped twentieth-century philosophical debate, especially in these fields. His writing centers on how language works, how thought is expressed, and the foundations of reasoning and meaning.
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Language: more sayings
- “I'm not very good at story. In fact, compared to character and language, I barely care about story at all.”Glen Duncan
- “The unfortunate are not as miserable as the world imagines. That urchins, the handicapped, orphans, prisoners…”Manu Joseph
- “'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean -…”Lewis Carroll
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Books by Ludwig Wittgenstein
Tractatus logico-philosophicus
1921
Zettel
1967
Philosophische Untersuchungen
1953
Über Gewissheit
1972