Witt·gen·stein (v t g n-sht n , -stn), Ludwig 1889-1951. Austrian philosopher who taught in England and who had a major influence on 20th-century philosophy. His main works, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921) and Philosophical Investigations (1953), explore the relation between language and the world. |
Wittgenstein [ˈvɪtgənˌʃtaɪn -ˌstaɪn]
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(Biographies / Wittgenstein, Ludwig Josef Johann (1889-1951) M, Britishnational of birth: Austrian, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher) Ludwig Josef Johann (ˈluːtvɪç ˈjoːzɛf joˈhan). 1889- 1951, British philosopher, born in Austria. After studying with Bertrand Russell, he wrote the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921), which explores the relationship of language to the world. He was a major influence on logical positivism but later repudiated this, and in Philosophical Investigations (1953) he argues that philosophical problems arise from insufficient attention to the variety of natural language use
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| Noun | 1. |  Wittgenstein - British philosopher born in Austria; a major influence on logic and logical positivism (1889-1951) |
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