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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Born: 4/26/1889 Died: 4/29/1951
Ludwig Wittgenstein was an Austrian philosopher who did work in the foundations of logic, and the philosophy of mathematics, language, and mind. He is considered one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century. His Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus attempted to distinguish between what can be said and what can only be shown. What can be said are statements of fact about the world, propositions of natural science (broadly conceived). Attempts to say anything else, about something transcendent, for instance, would result only in nonsense. His later Philosophical Investigations also focused on language and questions of what makes sense. Instead of responding to ideas from those who influenced him (including Frege, Russell, and Schopenhauer), it mostly refers back to the Tractatus. The Tractatus was highly valued by early analytic philosophers, many of whom saw it as supporting logical positivism. The Investigations, which is much less technical, helped inspire ordinary language philosophy. Since his day, metaphysics has again gained respect, and the range of areas that are thought to belong to science has increased. |
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| Ludwig Wittgenstein
| Author: Brian Carver
Description: Lots of links, including a links to articles, essays, books, and more
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| Saul Kripke - Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language Unofficial HomePage
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| Logic, Idealism and Materialism in Early and Late Wittgenstein
| Author: Allan F. Randall
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| Wittgenstein Archives at the Univ. of Bergen
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| Ludwig Wittgenstein - Philosopher
| Author: Bruce Macevoy
Description: an impressionistic retelling of wittgenstein's life, emphasizing his character as a man rather than his philosophical ideas
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| Wittgenstein Think Page
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| Wittgenstein page
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| Wittgenstein timeline
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| Wittgenstein Online
| Description: A Wittgenstein resource site (in German, "German Ludwig Wittgenstein Gesellschaft").
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| Cambridge Wittgenstein Archive
| Description: A large resource, with a huge searchable databases of images and manuscripts, a detailed biography, and more.
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| Ordinary Language Philosophy on the WWW
| Author: Ben Gibran
Description: "The site is a searchable list of links on Ordinary Language Philosophy (OLP), a major school from 1930 to 1970 characterized by close attention to the 'ordinary' use of words, and generally associated with 'later Wittgenstein', Gilbert Ryle, J.L. Austin, Peter Strawson, and Norman Malcolm."
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