Philosopher · Twentieth century · Austria
Ludwig Wittgenstein
1889–1951
Austrian born thinker, heir to a steel fortune he gave away, who wrote two philosophies: the Tractatus of 1921, then the Investigations, published after his death, which undid it. He lived 1889 to 1951, teaching at Cambridge between wars.
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- Born
- 1889, Vienna, Austria.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Died
- 1951, Cambridge, England.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ludwig Wittgenstein
- School
- Analytic philosophy, in two acts.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Known for
- The picture theory of meaning, language games, family resemblance, and private language arguments.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ludwig Wittgenstein
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