20th Century Philosophers

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Great 20th Century Philosophers

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951

Ludwig Wittgenstein is considered as one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century . He is also regarded as one of the philosophers of utmost importance since Immanuel Kant . He played a significant , central and controversial role in the field of analytic philosophy during the twentieth century . He manifested a great influence in the current philosophical thought that pertains to the s of logic and language , perception and intention , ethics and religion aesthetic and culture

(Biletzki and Matar

Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was born in a large and well-off family in Vienna , Austria on April 26 , 1889 . He lived a life in isolation from other people and his life was devoted in the ardent pursuit of moral and philosophical perfection . He was very much concerned with moral perfection that led him in confessing his sins to several people (Richter

Wittgenstein studied Mechanical Engineering in Berlin and in 1908 , he went to Manchester , England to do some researches in aeronautics by experimenting with kites . His interest in engineering is founded on his interest in mathematics which got him thinking about philosophical questions that pertains to the foundations of mathematics . He decided to conduct a personal study under the mathematician and philosopher Gottlob Frege , who later on recommended that he should pursue his interests with Bertrand Russell in Cambridge wherein he began to work on logic (Richter

Wittgenstein 's view of philosophy is stated in the Tratacus 4 .111 that...