Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (/ˈvɪtɡənʃtaɪn, -staɪn/ VIT-gən-s(h)tyne; German: [ˈluːdvɪk ˈjoːzɛf 'joːhan ˈvɪtɡn̩ʃtaɪn]; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951)...
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Paul Wittgenstein, philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and of philanthropist Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein. The grandfather of Karl Wittgenstein was an...
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philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, to help with the design. In the end, he became more author than helper. In November 1925 Stonborough-Wittgenstein commissioned...
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Wittgenstein family, was a sister of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and the pianist Paul Wittgenstein. She was the subject of a famous 1905 portrait painted...
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Adolf Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg-Berleburg (German: Ludwig Adolf Peter Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg; Russian: Пётр Христианович...
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Philosophical Investigations (category Books by Ludwig Wittgenstein)
philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, published posthumously in 1953. Philosophical Investigations is divided into two parts, consisting of what Wittgenstein calls...
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Certainty (section Ludwig Wittgenstein – 20th century)
presupposes certainty. Ludwig Wittgenstein, On Certainty, #115 On Certainty is a series of notes made by Ludwig Wittgenstein just prior to his death...
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Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg was one of several imperial counties and later principalities ruled by the House of Sayn-Wittgenstein. Most of the former county...
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brother of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein was born in Vienna, the fourth son of the industrialist Karl Wittgenstein and Leopoldine Maria...
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language Saul Kripke in which he contends that the central argument of Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations centers on a skeptical rule-following...
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