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Wittgenstein, Ludwig
(Lud¦wig Witt¦gen|stein)
Pronunciation:
/ˈvɪtgənstʌɪn/
(
1889–1951
)
, British philosopher, born in Austria; full name Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein. His two major works,
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
(1921) and
Philosophical Investigations
(1953), examine language and its relationship to the world.
Derivatives
Wittgensteinian
adjective
&
noun
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