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Wittgenstein

Wittgenstein

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A philosopher born in Austria who influenced modern ideas about logic and language
  • proper noun
  • /ˈwɪtɡənstaɪn/
: Wittgenstein
  • Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein provides some convincing examples in his 1953 book Philosophical Investigations.
  • Wittgenstein's Investigations
  • Ludwig Wittgenstein
  • Wittgenstein's philosophical

This is what Wittgenstein calls assembling reminders.

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Examples

  • And one of my favorites is the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, who said he got his best ideas when he peeled potatoes.

  • Ludwig Wittgenstein significantly impacted the study of language in philosophy.

  • "What is a word really?" I had read in Wittgenstein the very night before.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Generally, one can say with Wittgenstein that a change of concepts also changes a certain grammar of the world.

    Academic text (2017)
  • So Ludwig Wittgenstein is a famous philosopher.

  • There is no direct evidence that Wittgenstein read a collection of Heraclitus' fragments.

    Academic text (1991)
  • There appears to be what Wittgenstein called an 'unbridgeable gulf' between the brain and the conscious mind.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein said if a lion could talk, we could not understand him.

  • The idea that emotional expressions make emotions perceptible can be traced back at least to Ludwig Wittgenstein.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Don't look for the meaning, look for the use. --Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) 1 #

    Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

Ludwig Wittgenstein
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An Austrian-born British philosopher who changed ideas about logic and language

means the same but uses the shorter surname form

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Etymology

Wittgenstein is a German family name that ends with -stein, which means 'stone' in German. So, to remember the philosopher Wittgenstein, imagine a 'stone' because the -stein part helps you recall his name.