Philosophy in Times of Crisis
By Nuno Venturinha, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Editor’s note: This article was first published on 26 March 2020. In the meantime, the rise in worldwide […]
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“In times like these”: Wittgenstein, a Symbol of Troubled Times
by Jose Ferrater-Mora, September 1953 Wittgenstein was a genius. This contention will hardly be denied by professional philosophers. Logicians will recognize that he was most successful in profound logical insights. […]
Survey: Digital Tools in Wittgenstein Studies
Dear Wittgenstein researchers and fans! If you are willing and able, and have three minutes or so to spare, please consider completing the brief survey form following the link below. […]
Bernard Francis (Brian) McGuinness (1927-2019)
Obituary and a Short Memoir by Allan Janik Brian McGuinness (Queen’s College, Oxford University, History of Scientific Thought, Università degli studi di Siena) was for several decades the world’s leading […]
The Quiet Seriousness of the Sognefjord
Ludwig Wittgenstein’s house 30 steep meters aboven Lake Eidsvatnet Lake in Skjolden in Sogn is finally rebuilt after 60 years Knut Olav Åmås Columnist, director of the Fritt Ord Foundation […]
Wittgenstein’s Dictionary for Elementary Schools
“Only a dictionary makes it possible to hold the student completely responsible” by Désirée Weber From the fall of 1920 until spring 1926, Ludwig Wittgenstein was as an elementary school […]
Wittgenstein’s House in Skjolden on the Sognefjord in Norway has finally been rebuilt
Skjolden, 20 June 2019 © Jon Bolstad & Wittgenstein Initiative
WITTGENSTEINS BRIEFE AN SEINE FAMILIE
Buchpräsentation Dienstag, 20. November 2018, 19:00 Uhr Grillparzerhaus (Staatsarchiv), Johannesgasse 6, 1010 Wien Um Anmeldung unten wird gebeten. Eintritt: freiwilliger Unkostenbeitrag. Dr. Joachim Schulte (Zürich) Prof. Dr. Allan Janik (Innsbruck) […]
UNESCO Certificate and Nomination Form
Extract from the Nomination Form International Memory of the World Register Philosophical Nachlass of Ludwig Wittgenstein (Austria, Canada, Netherlands, UK) The subject of this joint nomination is the complete philosophical […]
UNESCO Memory of the World Register: Nachlass Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosophical Nachlass of Ludwig Wittgenstein Documentary heritage submitted by Austria, Canada, Netherlands and the United Kingdom and recommended for inclusion in the Memory of the World Register in 2017. © […]
Ludwig Wittgenstein: Von der Fliege im Fliegenglas
Der Philosoph ist ein Fixpunkt, wenn Wien 2018 die Moderne groß feiert. Kurier, 17. Juli 2017, Werner Rosenberger Spurensuche im hohen Norden nach dem vielleicht bedeutendsten österreichischen Denker des 20. […]
Wittgenstein in Norway’s Østerrike
Der Standard, 2. Juni 2017 Østerrike über dem Fjord: In einem Kaff in Norwegen schrieb der große Philosoph einige seiner wichtigsten Texte Österreich heißt auf Norwegisch Østerrike. Für die Bewohner […]
Wittgenstein in Norwegen: Welcher Weg führt zum Genie?
Wer auf Wittgensteins Spuren wandert, kann nicht nur Logik lernen: In der Welt des Philosophen lag Österreich an einem Fjord. Clemens Panagl, Salzburger Nachrichten, 22.5.2017 SKJOLDEN. Der Weg zur Erkenntnis […]
Egon Schiele in the Light of the Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein and the Theory of Musical Composition of Arnold Schönberg
ETHICS AND AESTHETICS ARE ONE. EGON SCHIELE IN THE LIGHT OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN AND THE THEORY OF MUSICAL COMPOSITION OF ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG by Carla Carmona The question […]
WITTGENSTEIN’S AND TODAY’S VIENNA: Anticipating the Future
CONTRASTS AND LEGACIES by Steven Beller (Washington DC) It is now more than forty years since one of the greatest books about the history of Viennese modern culture at the […]
MARJORIE PERLOFF: EDGE OF IRONY
Modernism in the Shadow of the Habsburg Empire 224 pages | 8 color plates, 26 halftones | 6 x 9 | © 2016 Among the brilliant writers and thinkers who […]
PHILOSOPHICAL BIOGRAPHY – the Very Idea
by Ray Monk, University of Southampton Lecture given at a conference on “Wittgenstein: Biography and Philosophy,” on March 25, 1999, at Virginia Tech, organized by James C. Klagge; and at […]
PHILOSOPHY and BIOGRAPHY
by James Conant, University of Chicago Lecture given at a symposium on “Philosophy and Biography,” on May 18, 1999, at the University of Athens, organized by Vasso Kindi. We thank […]
WITTGENSTEIN UND WIEN
von Ray Monk "Die Menschen heute glauben, die Wissenschaftler seien da, sie zu belehren, die Dichter & Musiker etc., sie zu erfreuen. Daß diese sie etwas zu lehren haben; kommt […]
Wittgenstein & Kraus: some speculation
by Peter Winslow (first published on 24 January 2016 on the “a bit of pitch” blog) In a well-known remark from 1931, published in Vermischte Bermerkungen (Culture and Value), Ludwig […]
WITTGENSTEIN AND VIENNA
by Ray Monk "People nowadays think that scientists exist to instruct them, poets, musicians, etc. to give them pleasure. The idea that these have something to teach them - that […]
JAMES CONANT INTERVIEW
FROM POSITIVIST RABBI TO RESOLUTE READER This interview appeared for the first time in the Nordic Wittgenstein Review, Volume 2 / Number 1 (Aug 2013), eds. Alois Pichler, Simo Säätelä, […]
Paris, November 13-14, 2015
by ALLAN JANIK The horrible events last week in Paris force a lot of hard thoughts upon us. In the first instance the very possibility that the fanatics could pull […]
PORTRAITS OF WITTGENSTEIN revised and updated
Editors: Ian Ground,F.A. Flowers III Portraits of Wittgenstein is a major collection of memoirs and reflections on one of the most influential and yet elusive personalities in the history […]
THE WITTGENSTEIN FAMILY CHRONICLES: Published for the First Time
The previously unpublished family memoirs of Ludwig’s eldest sister, Hermine, are being made available for the first time. Her descriptions of the individual family members are both detailed and lively; […]