Noun
British philosopher born in Austria; a major influence on logic and logical positivism (1889-1951)
Source: WordNetGerman mysticism from Hildegard of Bingen to Ludwig Wittgenstein: a literary and intellectual history. Source: Internet
In 1923, Ludwig Wittgenstein proposed to "dispose" of Russell's paradox as follows: The reason why a function cannot be its own argument is that the sign for a function already contains the prototype of its argument, and it cannot contain itself. Source: Internet
Ludwig Wittgenstein ’s conclusion was that there were no clear definitions which we can give to words and categories but only a "halo" or "corona" Wittgenstein L. Philosophical Investigations 1953 (tr. Source: Internet
Frege's logical ideas nevertheless spread through the writings of his student Rudolf Carnap (1891–1970) and other admirers, particularly Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951). Source: Internet
In the winter of 1948/9 Ludwig Wittgenstein lived and worked in Ireland. Source: Internet
John Wiley & Sons. p. 9 In the Tractatus Logico Philosophicus Ludwig Wittgenstein also held a direct reference position, arguing that names refer to a particular directly, and that this referent is its only meaning. Source: Internet