Wittgenstein in 90 Minutes

To answer your first question: yes, it really did take me about 90 minutes to read it. Strathern's little book presents a complex subject with deceptive simplicity. He not only provides the reader with the essential elements of Wittgenstein's "final solution" to philosophy, but tells us many illumin......more

Ludwig had four older brothers, most of whom appear to have been brilliant, high strung, and homosexual. Three would commit suicide. The fourth brother became a concert pianist and had his right hand blown off in WWI. He continued his career by commissioning piano concertos for the left hand, includ......more

In what may be the best argument against taking Wittgenstein seriously as a philosopher, Strathern (himself a devotee, or at least a disciple to the school of non-philosophy left behind by the troubled Austrian) manages to go the entire book without ever delving into the points of Wittgenstein's phi......more

Wittgenstein in 90 Minutes by Paul Strathern The world is everything that is the case If I were to take the advice, what am I saying- the imperative of Wittgenstein: - „What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence” I would keep silent. But here’s the deal: you need to imagine what I do not sa......more