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Ludwig Wittgenstein

Austrian philosopher and logician

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1889–1951

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About Ludwig Wittgenstein

Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was an Austro-British philosopher who worked in logic, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language.

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