Karl Otto Clemens Wittgenstein (1847–1913) became an industrial tycoon, and by the late 1880s was one of the richest men in Europe, with an effective monopoly on Austria's steel cartel. [18][24] …

Nov 8, 2002 · Considered by some to be the greatest philosopher of the 20th century, Ludwig Wittgenstein played a central, if controversial, role in mid-20th-century analytic philosophy.

Jan 7, 2026 · Ludwig Wittgenstein (born April 26, 1889, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now in Austria]—died April 29, 1951, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England) was an Austrian-born British philosopher, …

The best known work on Wittgenstein’s writings on this whole topic is Saul A. Kripke’s Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language. Kripke is struck by the idea that anything might count as continuing a …

The Ludwig Wittgenstein Project provides complete, well-formatted, downloadable, free books: the German or English originals are available as well as translations in multiple languages, some of …

In Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921), Wittgenstein developed the “picture theory of language.” He argued that language represents the world by creating “pictures” of facts. A proposition is true if the …

Explore Ludwig Wittgenstein's philosophy with easy-to-understand explanations and practical examples. Learn about his life, therapeutic philosophy, views on knowledge, language, and reality, including …

A brief discussion of the life and works of Ludwig Wittgenstein, with links to additional information.

Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was an Austro-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the...

Ludwig Wittgenstein was born in Vienna on 26 April 1889, to Karl and Leopoldine Wittgenstein. He was the youngest of eight children and was born into one of the most prominent and wealthy families in …