“Life can be a misunderstanding, if we are ignorant of the right language or don’t try to learn it. « If lions… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“ He was of the opinion... that his ideas were generally misunderstood and distorted even by those who professed to be his… — Georg Henrik von Wright Copy Share Image
“Philosophy is that activity by which the meaning of propositions is established or discovered; it is a question of what the propositions… — Moritz Schlick Copy Share Image
“Earlier fundamental work of Whitehead, Russell, Wittgenstein, Carnap, Whorf, etc., as well as my own attempt to use this earlier thinking as… — Gregory Bateson Copy Share Image
“An even more important philosophical contact was with the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, who began as my pupil and ended as my… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“When I met Wittgenstein, I saw that Schlick's warnings were fully justified. But his behavior was not caused by any arrogance. In… — Rudolf Carnap Copy Share Image
“In the middle of a conversation, someone says to me out of the blue: "I wish you luck." I am astonished; but… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
“Like the positivists, Wittgenstein was hostile to metaphysics. But he attacked metaphysics not with a blunt instrument like the verification principle, but… — Anthony Kenny Copy Share Image
“The things that cannot be talked about logically are the only ones which are truly important.” — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
“Our craving for generality has [as one] source … our preoccupation with the method of science. I mean the method of reducing… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
“when Logic congeals into all-encompassing and perfect-seeming theories, then it can actually become a very evil con trick. Wittgenstein has a point,… — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
