
Logic
Ludwig Wittgenstein
1889–1951
“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.”
Ludwig Wittgenstein was an Austrian-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic and the philosophy of language. His two major works—the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and Philosophical Investigations—have had profound influence on both analytic and continental philosophy.
Contribution
Tractatus, language games, private language argument
Key Works
- • Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
- • Philosophical Investigations
- • On Certainty