Ludwig Wittgenstein: The 20th Century's Greatest Philosopher

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Host - Simon Whistler
Author - D Kelly
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris

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[nesirsitsir]

YES! Please do more philosophers Simon! Jung, Kant, Heidegger, Thomas Paine, etc. Definitely an unexplored subtopic on this channel.

[alexjaybrady]

I stumbled accross his grave, literally, its in a small cemetary in cambridge set flat in the ground, a nondiscript grey stone. i had no idea he was buried there so it was quite a surprise. someone had put a yellow rose on the stone.

[francoisona]

Thank you so much for doing a bio on my favourite philosopher of all time. One important omission : when Wittgenstein came back to teaching philosophy in the 1930s he completely renounced his former philosophical views based the Tractacus to adopt an approach of dissolving philosophical problems by focusing on the use of language in everyday life. 'Philosophy is language going on holiday' as he famously said.
That's why we always make a distinction between 'the former' and 'the later' Wittgenstein.
Great job.

[kemchobhenchod]

The picture of Wittgenstein as a young child at 4:07 with that deeply worried, concerned look on his face. So heartbreaking.

[MorningGIry]

Wittgenstein and his cousin Hayek have had a great impact on my life so far. Thank you for covering one of the most interesting philosophers of all time.

[alexandrugheorghe]

In Ireland, if one visits the Botanical Garden (in Dublin), one can find the steps where he stayed and thought about his philosophy. There's a plaque marking his spot. He'd often visit that place and write.

[Sizzling]

"Philosophy?!, completed it mate!" L. Wittgenstein

[chironpl]

I was disappointed that you didn't mention that his standing today in philosophy is really due to those postumously published works, The Philosophical Investigations. It was there he said his first book was complete rubbish and set sight on a new foundation based on the understanding of thought as language games.

[orangeSoda]

What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence.

[Wrze]

"We were discussing Wittgenstein over a game of backgammon."

[LauraVogel]

Hitting all my favs lately! Please do Heidegger!!!

[KenshoBeats]

Thank you for crash presenting Wittgenstien in such a lively manner, a pleasant way to absorb much information in a short time and with great focus. Very well done!

[simonwax]

Wow you are an exceptional talker, really clearly out but I didn’t really get much of a better understanding of his thinking and writings but the bio was fantastic.

[thedude]

Love Wittgenstein. Got to study with world renowned Wittgenstein scholars in grad school.

Now do Alfred North Whitehead.

[harveykl]

watching from nairobi kenya, your stuff is amazing

[daveherbert]

Have waited for this video for a long time.. Well done Simon. I can agree with you that his philosophy is hard to understand. Can you do Franz Fanon the

[cda]

For the record, "20th Century's Greatest Philosopher" is not clickbait. Several polls have been conducted asking various people in the field who was the most influential philosopher of the last century, with Wittgenstein almost categorically winning. Simply google "20th century most influential philosophers" and you will find several sources which confer this sentiment.

As for the video, I wish you would have taken time to address his posthumous Philosophical Investigations and Wittgenstein's later rejection of his previous works and ideas. His influence primarily lies in this revelatory work which helped push analytic philosophy past its misguided use of positivism and even influenced many subsequent continental philosophers. Many credit his work for causing the contemporary split between analytic and continental philosophy, a defining aspect of the field in the late 20th and early 21st century.

[AtticusAmericanus]

That's one hell of an assertion in the title.

[benjaminorwell]

I’m glad you did Wittgenstein. He’s one of my favorites.
Can you please do Mustafa Kemal Atatürk? More people need to know about him. Thanks.

[ethanramos]

“Every explanation is after all an hypothesis” Ludwig Wittgenstein