Kirk and Wittgenstein struck up a friendship, with Wittgenstein giving him lessons in physics to help him pass a City and Guilds exam. During his period of loneliness at Guy's he wrote in his diary: "For ten …

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.

Apr 17, 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 …

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 …

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 …

Welcome to the Ludwig Wittgenstein Project, a multilingual website that aims to make Wittgenstein's published writings available free of charge and with a free licence.

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

Biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein, tracing his life, Tractatus–Investigations shift, and his impact on analytic philosophy, logic, and language.

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