What do you guys think about Wittgenstein?

>>7439784
I think thoughts of him.

>>7439784
Wrong board.

>>7439784

I don't understand a damn thing he's trying to say, other than making philosophy as a whole into some kind of word game

Who do I start with to understand his shit

pleb-tier

>>7439795
Ray Monk's biography of Witty (which does an alright job of summarising the development of his thought on the way), or his "How to read Wittgenstein"

>>7439787

Wittgenstein would have disagreed.

>>7439784

He did a lot for me - but it's nothing to get too hung upon.

Philosophy is a boat that you get on, go where you need to go, and then get off. If you're having trouble getting off the boat, this guy is for you.

>>7439931
God I fucking hate this place.

>>7439799
>>7439792
Why?

Richard Rorty is better.

>>7439931
Oh shit r u serious my man?

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>>7439931

>>7439784
he was so handsome:3

I mean he's pushing 60 in that pic IIRC

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>>7439931