Everyday philosophy: Wittgenstein’s intellectual experiment that went wrong
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Almost exactly a century ago, the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein began a two-year stint as a modernist architect. He’d stopped doing philosophy because he believed he’d solved all of its important problems in his Tractatus Logio-Philosophicus. It took him some time to realise he hadn’t.
After a stint as a gardener, he’d spent several years teaching in rural primary schools. Renowned for being overly strict, he’d had to quit teaching after a scandal: he’d struck a sickly child very hard and th
After a stint as a gardener, he’d spent several years teaching in rural primary schools. Renowned for being overly strict, he’d had to quit teaching after a scandal: he’d struck a sickly child very hard and th
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