>How can one man be literally so right about everything?
>>7377867
Genetics and one of the most traumatic childhoods in Germany were big parts of it.
>>7377867
who is it?
And yes I'm sorry for being Plebian and not knowing.
>>7377884
*Austria
>>7377884
>implying that the latter is a "because of", and not clearly an "in spite of".
>>7377886
Wittgenstein
>>7377867
That's not a picture of Zizek.
>>7377934 (You)
I just started reading about this person.
What exactly was Wittgenstein right about?
>>7377992
that sciences are more like arts then getting at anything and "materializing" language plus more
>>7377888
In the the Wittgenstein household, which contained the Wittgensteins, one of the richest families in Europe, Ludwig lived with his sisters and brothers, all of them being geniuses (one of his brothers could tell the change in intervals of an ambulance siren due to the Doppler effect at the age of 4 (less than, like, a 100 thousand of professional musicians can do this)). During his childhood, his cold father pushed each one of Wittgenstein children to their intellectual limits (probably why several killed themselves), and a fierce rivalry developed between them. To say the least, Wittgenstein's childhood was profoundly influential on his adult life.
>>7378022
>During his childhood, his cold father pushed each one of Wittgenstein children to their intellectual limits
I'm not sold on this - I think the most gifted of the older brothers (Hans and Rudi?) were pressed to go into business (maybe engineering?) rather than music
and Ludwig was thought the least gifted, and merely acquiesced into engineering
>>7378116
They were pressed to pick up the father's empire, but also to become genius in one art. Only Paul Wittgenstein had some success as a pianist.
You can see what pressure they were under in their suicide rates: 3 out of 5 Wittgenstein sons killed themselves
>>7378022
>one of his brothers could tell the change in intervals of an ambulance siren due to the Doppler effect at the age of 4
meaning?
>>7378159
I think you missed the 3 out of 5 Wittgenstein sons killed themselves part.
>>7378158
I hope you're not a native English speaker.
>>7378163
I am, all I wrote was the "meaning" part
>>7377867
he did not practice meditation, so he cannot be so right
>>7378162
I know. I'm all for gender equality so I'll use his method on my daughters as well.
>>7377867
He literally finished philosophy with his Tractatus. Late Wittgenstein was shit precisely due to the arguments Early Wittgenstein made.
>>7378284
>literally finished philosophy
The TLP has demonstrable inconsistencies re: atomic propositions. It fails objectively (a rare feat in philosophy) at the thing it sets out to achieve.
The Tractatus is a work of dick-smacking genius, but it's clearly the work of a young person. PI is a much more mature and ultimately more interesting and useful work.
TL Note:
A certain philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein says.
But what does he say?
>>7378580
What inconsistencies are you referring to? I'm genuinely curious.
>>7377867
>not a christian
>right about everything
Pick one.
>>7378590
I'm really not qualified to teach about Witty, but I was talking about Ramsey's response to TLP 6.375. W. says two different colors can not be in the same place in the visual field at the same time. Since atomic propositions are supposed to be completely independent of each other that means "This is red" can't be an atomic propositions, you must be able to break it down further. Witty appeals to some specifics of particle physics to try to salvage things but he doesn't even convince himself. He tries to rework the claims he made about the truth-table method, but eventually this is where he begins to abandon the TLP. Check out "Some Remarks On Logical Form" and pages ~350-360 of The Duty of Genius.
>>7378586NOTHING :^^^)
>>7378159
To your children, not with them
>>7377886
luh mao
>>7378598
Congratulations, you're not even smart enough to shitpost.
>>7378598
he was a christian though
who geschlecht und charakter here senpai
>>7378696
witty agreed with him on the part about women tbqh
>>7378704
Yeah, I know it's basically the one thing that keeps me from going full husbando mode on him. Sigh.
Do you think Wittgenstein put penis in anus? Hard to imagine him being okay with poophole. Maybe he did it Socrates-style under the nutsack?
>>7377867
Wittgenstein in a letter to G.E. Moore on Otto Weinenger:
>"It isn't necessary or rather not possible to agree with him but the greatness lies in that with which we disagree. It is his enormous mistake which is great."
>Elsewhere Wittgenstein put the same point by saying that if one were to add a negation sign before the whole of Sex and Character, one would have expressed a great truth; that is, he did not disagree with Weininger point by point but as a whole.
Was he actually autistic?
>they still haven't moved past Wittgenstein
>>7378708
>Do you think Wittgenstein put penis in anus? Hard to imagine him being okay with poophole. Maybe he did it Socrates-style under the nutsack?
do not be lewd
>>7378708
>Socrates-style
Do go on
>>7378721
>>they still haven't moved past Wittgenstein
to go where ?
>>7378708
>Wittgenstein invites Karl Popper over for tea
>Popper thinks nothing of it
>Popper arrives at Wittgenstein's sparsely decorated apartment
>Wittgenstein is, for some reason, on a bookshelf, nude
>"Come join me, Karl! I'm just doing a bit of rearranging."
>Karl finds this weird but ok.
>Starts climbing a ladder to get to Wittgenstein
>"Nuh uh, Popper. You gotta reduce yourself to your atomic facts, first, if you know what I mean."
>Fucking weird but ok.
>Undresses and climbs up the ladder
>There is no tea or anything up here. Just Wittgenstein.
>He kicks the ladder over.
>"If you've understood me, you'll realize what nonsense I've been saying."
>Wittgenstein goes in for the kiss, Popper objects
>"Now now, whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent... "
>Popper immediately jumps off the bookshelf, grabs his clothes, and runs off
>Wittgenstein, obviously offended, chases after him with a hot poker
>Popper escapes
>In despair, Witty exclaims, "Can a dog hope?"
End scene.
>>7378748
Brilliant.
>>7378724
It was the usual way to fuck boypussy in ancient greece, between their thighs while they held still and looked down like a submissive trap.
>>7377884
>one of the most traumatic childhoods in Germany
Uh like what?
>>7378177
clab clab clab :D
>>7378796
>comes to /lit/
>doesn't even have the attention span to read a fucking thread
>>7378748
lel this is legitimately good
>>7378721
tell me where to go next then mate
>>7378988
I don't get it, what's your point?
Firstly, learn to use greentext fucking shitter, lurk.
>>7378748
the idea that witty would have a crush on that moron popper is offensive
>>7378748
>>7378637
Fuck, that's a problem. Thanks mate
Because he mostly contributed to philosophy, where the bar is very low and the cliquish fandom is intense.
>>7378158
Meaning he was a musical prodigy. I don't even think Mozart, who also had perfect pitch, could do that at such a tender age.
>>7379936
>>7379969
That's really not as remarkable as you think it is. It's unusual but it's the musical equivalent of being able tell someone the 100th digit of pi off the top of your head; mostly just a weird quirk rather than actually reflecting intelligence.
>>7380022
I don't think you know much about music.
>>7379936
>>7380110
that image looks like a turtle climbing up a cliff
>>7378022
>boohoo we were millionaires and dad wanted us to be the best
>>7378796
Here's an indication: three of his brothers committed suicide.
>>7380777
>>7379864
No problem family.
>>7377867
This guy understood his prose very well.. even without reading anything he has written.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfy-T3R9Ju0
>>7382150
>spooky
D-did you just defile his grave?
so smart he caused WWII
>>7382435
I enjoyed watching this.
>>7380993
>hurr he was rich so his life must have been great
Wealth is meaningless to a child. You know what's not? A stable and loving environment. Witty's father was an unloving machine who viewed his sons as tools, accepting nothing but perfection, and Witty could find little comfort in his siblings, as their father practically pitted them against each other. He wasn't raised--he was trained, to never disappoint his father and to hopefully continue the Wittgenstein business.
>>7383984
wahhh only because i'm rich doesn't mean i'm privileged because sometimes im sad :(((((
shut up whyteboi, your view is retarded, i would do anything to have similar circumstances to his life
>>7384007
>I would do anything to have a life with a 60% suicide rate
Why don't you just play Russian roulette?
>>7384007
>Waaahhhh Im poor so my life inherently has more meaning
Whatever you had to tell yourself to validate pointless suffering.
>>7379015
his point is that youre a u t i s t i c
>>7378178
the tractatus wasnt an attempt to delimit science and philosophy
it explicitly sets the limit
>>7384062
of course, and both of these field remain sterile thus far since they have not delivered that they promised and still promise today.
