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The Bruces' Philosophers Song is sung by The Bruces, stereotypical "ocker" Australians of the period.The Bruces are kitted out in khakis, slouch hats and a cork hat, and are faculty members of the Philosophy Department at the fictional University of Woolamaloo (Woolloomooloo is an inner suburb of Sydney, although there is no university there).
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (/ ˈ v ɪ t ɡ ən ʃ t aɪ n,-s t aɪ n / VIT-gən-s(h)tyne, [7] Austrian German: [ˈluːdvɪk ˈjoːsɛf ˈjoːhan ˈvɪtɡn̩ʃtaɪn]; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language.
In philosophy, Wittgenstein's ladder is a metaphor set out by Ludwig Wittgenstein about learning. In what may be a deliberate reference to Søren Kierkegaard 's Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] the penultimate proposition of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (translated from the original German) reads:
On their reading, Wittgenstein indeed meant that some things are shown when we reflect on the logic of our language, but what is shown is not that something is the case, as if we could somehow think it (and thus understand what Wittgenstein tries to show us) but for some reason we just could not say it.
Philosophical Investigations (German: Philosophische Untersuchungen) is a work by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, published posthumously in 1953.. Philosophical Investigations is divided into two parts, consisting of what Wittgenstein calls, in the preface, Bemerkungen, translated by G. E. M. Anscombe as "remarks".
Wittgenstein appears as a character in Derek Jarman's 1993 film Wittgenstein, about his brother Ludwig. Wittgenstein is referenced extensively in the latter half of Brian Evenson's novel Last Days. [16] Wittgenstein's life is the basis for the song "Wittgenstein's Arm" on Neil Halstead's 2012 album Palindrome Hunches.
Wittgenstein arranged only the piano part of the song Rudolf Braun: Piano Concerto for the left hand; DP Premiered 31 October 1927. [1] Three Piano Pieces for the Left Hand: Scherzo, Perpetuum Mobile, Serenata; D Composed 1922, pub 1928. [3] Benjamin Britten: Diversions for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra, Op. 21; DP
On Certainty (German: Über Gewissheit, original spelling Über Gewißheit) is a philosophical book composed from notes written by Ludwig Wittgenstein over four separate periods in the eighteen months before his death on 29 April 1951.