Ludwig Wittgenstein

Hitler’s Favorite Jew: The Enigma of Otto Weininger

This piece has been excerpted from a forthcoming book titled Hitler's Favorite Jew: The Enigma of Otto Weininger by Allan…

5 months ago

Language Rules: Rom Harré Talks About Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophy of Language

  Austrian-born English philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) is considered as one of the most influential although controversial thinkers of the 20th century. His…

8 months ago

Language Rules: Rom Harré on the Life and Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein

Austrian-born English philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) is considered as one of the most influential—although controversial—thinkers of the 20th century. His work touched on topics…

10 months ago

(Mis)understanding Wittgenstein: James Klagge Says Our Temperament May Be at Fault

Austrian-born English philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) is considered as one of the most influential although controversial thinkers of the 20th century. His work touched…

10 months ago

10 Things You Might Not Know About Ludwig Wittgenstein

1. Ludwig Wittgenstein was born into a very wealthy Viennese family and grew up in a house where composers Johannes…

12 months ago

Why Ludwig Wittgenstein Matters

This piece has been excerpted from Simply Wittgenstein by James C. Klagge, part of Simply Charly's Great Lives series. Ludwig…

1 year ago

Jaakko Hintikka: Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Groundbreaking “Language Games” are Not Child’s Play

  Thanks to his groundbreaking work in logic, the philosophy of mind, mathematics, and language, as well as two published…

1 year ago

Understanding Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Duck-Rabbit

It was Ludwig Wittgenstein who sparked philosophical interest in what psychologists call ambiguous figures.[1] The phrase “seeing as” became a…

1 year ago

Funny Face: How Ludwig Wittgenstein “Invented” Emojis ?

Regarded by many as one of the most influential philosophers of the 20thcentury, Ludwig Wittgenstein was born on April 26,…

2 years ago

You Ought to Be in Pictures: Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Work is Featured on Big Screen

Last year’s award-winning motion picture, The Imitation Game, told the story of the pioneering British computer scientist Alan Turing (1912–1954)…

7 years ago