Critique Quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein

“Most propositions and questions, that have been written about philosophical matters, are not false, but senseless. We cannot, therefore, answer questions of this kind…

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

“Self-evidence, of which Russell has said so much, can only be discarded in logic by language itself preventing every logical mistake. That logic is…

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

“Most propositions and questions, that have been written about philosophical matters, are not false, but senseless. ... (They are of the same kind as…

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

Neither Aristotelian nor Russellian rules give the exact logic of any expression of ordinary language; for ordinary language has no exact logic.

— Anonymous

A philosophy which speaks, even indirectly, only to philosophers is no philosophy at all; and I think the same is true if it speaks…

— Abraham Kaplan

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages... in that…

— Thomas Reid

Philosophy may in no way interfere with the actual use of language; it can in the end only describe it.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

“examination of its own history and of the forms of thought given the name “philosophy” indicates that “philosophy” has itself borne many fundamentally different…

— Gregory B. Sadler

Philosophy exists in profoundest opposition to rhetoric, which is speaking for the sake of producing or controlling some effect in others' perceptions. Philosophy is…

— Kenny Smith

I mean it as a compliment when I say that you could almost define a philosopher as someone who won't take common sense for…

— Richard Dawkins

The only philosophy is that of language, the only religion is that of the word.

— Michel Serres