Wittgenstein argued that words have meaning “only in the stream of life.” Philosophical problems arise when “language goes on ...

My answer on the final exam got me booted from the university.

If Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus radically redefines the scope of philosophy, it has proved irresistibly suggestive to literary theorists, poets, and artists. The "Wittgenstein ...

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 – 1951) sought to lead us beyond the long fantasy — so dominant in philosophy — that a single mind can figure everything out. Rather, we need the greater unity of genuine ...

Ludwig Wittgenstein's ambiguous and unfriendly comment on Fritz Mauthner, in paragraph 4.0031 of Tractatus, is the point of departure of this paper that discusses similarities and differences between ...

Wittgenstein, who became professor of philosophy at the University of Cambridge in 1939, has a simple face such as "a face with a close smile on her eyes closed", "a face with one eyebrow raised", "an ...

Many people believe that Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) was the 20th century’s most important philosopher. It is somewhat ironic, then, that he is probably best known for waving a poker at fellow ...

A century after its publication, the philosopher’s Tractatus remains as radical as ever. By Ray Monk In 1920, after failing five times to find a publisher for his newly finished book, Tractatus Logico ...

No person could reasonably claim to have the answer to the meaning of life. An even more daring claim is to know what meaning is at all. What is the meaning of these very words? Of language as a whole ...