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Student I just can't see it Professor

Erm... well, I suppose... Yes, I see what you mean

Wittgenstein • 1993

Student:

I just can't see it, Professor. It somehow just seems natural to me to say "I know I'm in pain." Ludwig Wittgenstein:
Oh... natural. Tell me, why does it seem more natural for people to believe that the sun goes round the earth, rather than the other way round? Student:
Well, obviously because it looks that way. Ludwig Wittgenstein:
I see. Then how would it look if the earth went round the sun? Student:
Erm... well, I suppose... Yes, I see what you mean

Full Transcript

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Student I just can't see it Professor

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It somehow just seems natural to me to say I know I'm in pain

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Sighs Oh natural

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Tell me

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why does it seem more natural

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for people to believe that the sun goes round the earth

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rather than the other way round

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Well obviously because it looks that way

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I see

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Then how would it look if the Earth went round the sun

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Erm

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Well I suppose

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Student chuckles Yes

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I see what you mean

Duration

47 seconds

Views

370

Timestamp in Movie

00:45:36

Uploaded

Nov 25, 2022

Genres

biography, comedy, drama

Production

N/A

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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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Student

Ludwig Wittgenstein