Philosophy is just a by-product of misunderstanding language! Why don't you realise that?
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Ludwig Wittgenstein:
It makes no sense to speak of knowing something in a context where we could not possibly doubt it, therefore to say "I know I am in pain" is entirely senseless. When you want to know the meaning of a word, don't look inside yourself, look at the uses of the word in our way of life. Look at how we behave. Bertrand Russell:
Are you saying there are no philosophical problems? Ludwig Wittgenstein:
There are... linguistic, mathematical, ethical, logistic and religious problems, but there are no genuine philosophical problems! Bertrand Russell:
You're trivialising philosophy. Ludwig Wittgenstein:
Philosophy is just a by-product of misunderstanding language! Why don't you realise that?
It makes no sense to speak of knowing something in a context where we could not possibly doubt it, therefore to say "I know I am in pain" is entirely senseless. When you want to know the meaning of a word, don't look inside yourself, look at the uses of the word in our way of life. Look at how we behave. Bertrand Russell:
Are you saying there are no philosophical problems? Ludwig Wittgenstein:
There are... linguistic, mathematical, ethical, logistic and religious problems, but there are no genuine philosophical problems! Bertrand Russell:
You're trivialising philosophy. Ludwig Wittgenstein:
Philosophy is just a by-product of misunderstanding language! Why don't you realise that?
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It makes no sense to speak of knowing something
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in a context where we could not possibly doubt it
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Therefore to say I know I am in pain is entirely senseless
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When you want to know the meaning of a word
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don't look inside yourself
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look at the uses of the word in our way of life
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Raspy laugh Look at how we behave
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Are you saying there are no philosophical problems
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There are Sighs
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linguistic mathematical ethical logistic and
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religious problems
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but there are no genuine philosophical problems
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You're trivializing philosophy
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Philosophy is just a by product of misunderstanding language
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Why don't you realize that
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Movie Summary
A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), whose principal interest was the nature and limits of language. A series of sk
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Bertrand Russell
