Wittgenstein Initiative
Wittgenstein Initiative
  • 42
  • 122 097
Die Wittgensteins: großbürgerliche Werte. Industrie und Kultur (English subtitles)
The Wittgensteins: Upper Middle Class Values. Industry and Culture.
24. Oktober 2023, Leopold Museum Wien
Einleitung: Prof. Dr. Allan Janik (Universität Innsbruck)
Prof. Dr. Peter Eigner (Institut für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte, Universität Wien)
DI Georg Gaugusch (Historiker, Spezialist für jüdische Genealogie)
Dr. Ursula Prokop (Kunsthistorikerin)
Dr. Christian Witt-Dörring (Kunsthistoriker und Kurator)
Radmila Schweitzer (Moderation)
Eine dramatische Lücke im österreichischen Selbstverständnis erschwert die genaue Kenntnis unseres reichen kulturellen Erbes. Was in Vergessenheit geraten ist ist die Natur des Großbürgertums, das im kollektiven Gedächtnis des heutigen Österreichs nur fragmentarisch existiert. Besitz und Bildung waren die zwei Säulen, auf denen es ruhte. Doch Reichtum allein, wie der Begriff Großbürgertum vermuten lässt, war nicht genug als Zeichen der Anerkennung in dieser Gesellschaft. Denn Reichtum brachte die moralische Verpflichtung mit sich, Wissen und Kultursensibilität zu fördern. All dies ist der Hintergrund für unsere Beschäftigung mit den Wittgensteins, die uns ein außergewöhnliches Beispiel für die Dynamik des großbürgerlichen Lebens liefern. Zu Karls Vermächtnis an seine Kinder gehörte es, “wittgensteinisch” zu sein, d.h. die schwierigste Aufgabe auf seinem Gebiet zu erkennen und ihre Lösung mit ganzem Herzen zu verfolgen. Dies war die Triebfeder für Paul und Margaret, vor allem aber für Ludwig, der durch sein uneingeschränktes Festhalten an diesem Ideal zum einflussreichsten Philosophen des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts wurde.
A dramatic gap in Austria's self-image makes it difficult to gain precise knowledge of its rich cultural heritage. What has been forgotten is the nature of the upper middle class, which exists only fragmentarily in the collective memory of today's Austria. Property and education were the two pillars on which it rested. But wealth alone, as the term "upper middle class" suggests, was not enough as a sign of recognition in this society. Wealth brought with it the moral obligation to promote knowledge and cultural sensitivity. All this is the background to our study of the Wittgensteins, who provide us with an extraordinary example of the dynamics of upper-middle-class life. Part of Karl's legacy to his children was to be "Wittgensteinian", i.e. to recognize the most difficult task in his field and to pursue its solution wholeheartedly. This was the driving force for Paul and Margaret, but above all for Ludwig, who became the most influential philosopher of the twentieth century through his unreserved adherence to this ideal.
Переглядів: 520

Відео

Wittgenstein(s), Musik und die Wiener Philharmoniker
Переглядів 4546 місяців тому
13. Oktober 2023, Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien Podiumsdiskussion und Kammermusik Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Otto Biba (Musikwissenschaftler) Radmila Schweitzer (Generalsekretärin der Wittgenstein Initiative) Johannes Brahms: Klarinettenquintett h-Moll op.115, es spielen Akademisten der Wiener Philharmoniker: Johanna Gossner - Klarinette Assia Weismann - Violine Carolin Lindner - Vio...
Der Exodus der österreichischen geistigen Elite in den 1930er Jahren.
Переглядів 31410 місяців тому
Die Wittgensteins, Antisemitismus und Nationalsozialismus 25. Mai 2023, Diplomatische Akademie (Musikzimmer) Dr. Steven Beller (freier Wissenschaftler, Washington DC) Bot. Dr. Emil Brix (Historiker, Direktor der Diplomatischen Akademie) Prof. Dr. Peter Eigner (Institut für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte, Universität Wien) Moderation: Karl Gaulhofer, Vize-Chef des “Presse”-Feuilletons Begrüßu...
Die Familie Wittgenstein: Rekonstruktion eines Phänomens (w. English subtitles)
Переглядів 1,1 тис.11 місяців тому
The Wittgenstein Family: Reconstruction of a Phenomenon 26. April 2023, Leopold Museum Wien Georg Gaugusch (Historian and specialist in Jewish genealogy) Dr. Wolf-Erich Eckstein (Genealogist, archivist of the Viennese Jewish Community) Host: Dr. Reinhold Hohengartner (Historian, Wittgenstein Initiative) Introduction: Radmila Schweitzer, Secretary General of the Wittgenstein Initiative No other ...
Buchpräsentation “I think of you constantly with love…”
Переглядів 36311 місяців тому
Briefwechsel Ludwig Wittgenstein - Ben Richards 1946-1951 1. Juni 2023, Literaturmuseum der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek Begrüßung Generaldirektorin Dr. Johanna Rachinger Radmila Schweitzer im Gespräch mit dem Herausgeber Dr. Alfred Schmidt.
Wittgenstein in England in the 1930s: as seen through the eyes of Margaret McDonald
Переглядів 1,2 тис.Рік тому
Prof. Michael Kremer (University of Chicago) In the decade after Wittgenstein's return to Cambridge in 1929, his thought exerted a great deal of influence on the development of philosophy in England, primarily through his teaching, since he published virtually nothing. A divide developed between those who were present at his lectures and those who learned of his new ideas only second-hand. This...
Ray Monk Public Lecture: Wittgenstein in Swansea
Переглядів 6 тис.Рік тому
Swansea, 16 June 2022 Ray Monk, Emeritus Professor, University of Southampton Wallace Lecture Theatre, Wallace Building, Singleton Campus, Swansea University
Welche Kreativität braucht Europa jetzt?
Переглядів 1982 роки тому
Podiumsdiskussion Dr. Erhard Busek, ehemaliger Vizekanzler, Ehrenpräsident des Europäischen Forums Alpbach, Direktor des Instituts für den Donauraum und Mitteleuropa Botschafter Dr. Emil Brix, Direktor der Diplomatischen Akademie Wien Moderation: Prof. Emil Simeonov 13.10.2021, Bulgarisches Kulturinstitut HAUS WITTGENSTEIN
Wittgenstein’s place in the history of philosophy | Allan Janik | December 2001
Переглядів 9152 роки тому
From the WAB archives: A selection from the Bergen Wittgenstein archives www.wittgensteinrepository.org/
Marjorie Perloff Award Ceremony Vienna 10 June 2021
Переглядів 8592 роки тому
10 June 2021 Leopold Museum, Vienna Überreichung des Österreichischen Ehrenkreuzes für Wissenschaft und Kunst 1. Klasse und der Urkunde über die Verleihung der österreichischen Staatsbürgerschaft an Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c.mult. Marjorie G. Perloff
Wittgenstein's Heirs and Editors
Переглядів 2,8 тис.3 роки тому
Wittgenstein's Heirs and Editors
Die österreichische Identität (The Austrian Identity)
Переглядів 8753 роки тому
Die österreichische Identität (The Austrian Identity)
Die Zweite Wiener Gesellschaft
Переглядів 4273 роки тому
Die Zweite Wiener Gesellschaft
Die Geschwister Margaret und Ludwig Wittgenstein
Переглядів 1 тис.3 роки тому
Die Geschwister Margaret und Ludwig Wittgenstein
Die Rolle der Experten und der Expertise in der Krise
Переглядів 3874 роки тому
Die Rolle der Experten und der Expertise in der Krise
The Wittgenstein Corpus: dictations to Francis Skinner, the Pink Book
Переглядів 2,3 тис.4 роки тому
The Wittgenstein Corpus: dictations to Francis Skinner, the Pink Book
Sources on Wittgenstein: the Nachlasses of Moritz Schlick, Rudolf Carnap and Friedrich Waismann
Переглядів 1,1 тис.4 роки тому
Sources on Wittgenstein: the Nachlasses of Moritz Schlick, Rudolf Carnap and Friedrich Waismann
Jonathan Smith: The Nachlass in the Wren Library
Переглядів 3864 роки тому
Jonathan Smith: The Nachlass in the Wren Library
Various elements of the Wittgenstein Corpus
Переглядів 3944 роки тому
Various elements of the Wittgenstein Corpus
Wittgenstein's Corpus Workshop 9-10 December 2019
Переглядів 3324 роки тому
Wittgenstein's Corpus Workshop 9-10 December 2019
The Wittgenstein Corpus: Ludwig Wittgenstein's Relevance Today
Переглядів 3,3 тис.4 роки тому
The Wittgenstein Corpus: Ludwig Wittgenstein's Relevance Today
RESTAURATIVE MODERNE - EIN WIENER PARADOX? Was ist modern an der Wiener Moderne?
Переглядів 3135 років тому
RESTAURATIVE MODERNE - EIN WIENER PARADOX? Was ist modern an der Wiener Moderne?
WITTGENSTEINS BRIEFE AN SEINE FAMILIE
Переглядів 5595 років тому
WITTGENSTEINS BRIEFE AN SEINE FAMILIE
HOW MODERN WAS WITTGENSTEIN?
Переглядів 20 тис.5 років тому
HOW MODERN WAS WITTGENSTEIN?
Ludwig Wittgenstein und Friedrich A. von Hayek 2. Teil
Переглядів 2875 років тому
Ludwig Wittgenstein und Friedrich A. von Hayek 2. Teil
Ludwig Wittgenstein und Friedrich A. von Hayek 3. Teil
Переглядів 3885 років тому
Ludwig Wittgenstein und Friedrich A. von Hayek 3. Teil
Ludwig Wittgenstein und Friedrich A. von Hayek 1. Teil
Переглядів 1,5 тис.5 років тому
Ludwig Wittgenstein und Friedrich A. von Hayek 1. Teil
Marjorie Perloff: EDGE OF IRONY book presentation Vienna
Переглядів 1,1 тис.6 років тому
Marjorie Perloff: EDGE OF IRONY book presentation Vienna
Form, Experience, and Meaning: Wittgenstein and Loos as Architects
Переглядів 11 тис.7 років тому
Form, Experience, and Meaning: Wittgenstein and Loos as Architects
Wittgenstein Komplett: sein Nachlass
Переглядів 1,7 тис.7 років тому
Wittgenstein Komplett: sein Nachlass

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @arturofatturi9490
    @arturofatturi9490 5 місяців тому

    Thanks for the English legends.

  • @restucDsy
    @restucDsy 6 місяців тому

    Herzlichen Dank Was ist das für ein Foto und mit wem steht Wittgenstein zusammen?

  • @oamiry
    @oamiry 6 місяців тому

    : You were concerned what it may say ! ( was that ) 7:25 ㏂ Sunday, December 10, 2023 (PST) Time in San Francisco, CA : 🪪 , what he said was that.

  • @josebolivar4364
    @josebolivar4364 11 місяців тому

    Wonderful talk. Thanks!

  • @kehindeonakunle7404
    @kehindeonakunle7404 11 місяців тому

    The audio-visual is excellent. The panel very erudite and instructive

  • @jennyhirschowitz1999
    @jennyhirschowitz1999 Рік тому

    Watching, listening again after many years. Erudition and clarity. Thank you again, miss jenny (music theory teacher….agree with Wittgenstein about Mahler).

  • @memephoto
    @memephoto Рік тому

    Which book Ray Monk refers to at 30:30?

    • @petrabekere8314
      @petrabekere8314 11 місяців тому

      Yes, anyone here has the exact title and editor of the book? Thank you in advance.

  • @DawsonSWilliams
    @DawsonSWilliams Рік тому

    The reference to Rudolf Haller was refreshing, as his collection of Wittgenstein essays provide numerous means to interpreting his work, from out of various traditions in philosophy. Haller’s essay on the history of “Austrian Philosophy,” is really illuminating, as well as the brief essay on Spengler. I also appreciate Janik’s encouragement to read Hertz and Boltzmann, for I want to spend more time with the “natural scientists” responsible for influencing Wittgenstein’s thought.

  • @DawsonSWilliams
    @DawsonSWilliams Рік тому

    Gibson did a remarkable job, placing Wittgenstein in the context of early 20th century mathematics. We, the listeners, get a detailed picture of philosophy, mathematics, and history in one lecture. I am going to have my University order the "Skinner-Wittgenstein book," so all of us at the philosophy department can dive into these newly published insights! Many Thanks.

  • @DawsonSWilliams
    @DawsonSWilliams Рік тому

    Wittgenstein's interest in the work of Oswald Spengler is certainly worth researching.

  • @luiz_chip3402
    @luiz_chip3402 2 роки тому

    Very formal format.... However, Wittgenstein is so UNIVERSAL, that it is worth making time to watching these videos!

  • @williamtell5365
    @williamtell5365 2 роки тому

    his attitude toward women certainly wasnt very modern.

  • @alinebaruchi1936
    @alinebaruchi1936 2 роки тому

    Enfim Não é minha culpa

  • @1330m
    @1330m 2 роки тому

    German philosophy ---- Peirce -- lady Welby -- C. Ogden -- Ramsey -- Wittgenstein- --- Vienna circle ---- US analytic philosophy ---- Neo pragmatism ---Neo hegelism : Big uroboros panorama

  • @williampowhida572
    @williampowhida572 2 роки тому

    The longest intro I have ever heard, shut up and on with the panel.

  • @jasonmaq4639
    @jasonmaq4639 3 роки тому

    Thank you.

  • @MrMikesee
    @MrMikesee 3 роки тому

    "Modernism", as a form of 'negative capability' (what can only be shown) is joined at the hip with the confident, brutish (and proud of it), virile authoritarianism of a past of material scarcity excusing herding. But, can what becomes do without what came before? What the rock climber is doing now is conditioned by what she did before. In the tribe or clan (or small town), it is the outside that determines who we are allowed to pretend to be to other, but we are free in our natural isolation to not buy into anything we do not accept as imaginable of ourselves even if performing what appears to us to be required by in-coming signaling.

  • @arturofatturi9490
    @arturofatturi9490 3 роки тому

    Thanks for this video and for bring to us this discussion.

  • @arturofatturi9490
    @arturofatturi9490 3 роки тому

    Thanks for this video. Best wishes.

  • @arturofatturi9490
    @arturofatturi9490 3 роки тому

    I'm watchng this conference in December, 2020. But, I can't understand politics as "take the decions". To me this definition (if it is), is very poor. Politics is much more tahn that, i's like a decisions in war. The decision is not the point, but the consequences. So politics may be something like "Do you can bear the consewquences of your decisions on yourself?" And, in language we in fact "take decisions", if I choose a word, I choose much more tha a simple sign, I choose all the use and this means that I choose the language game with that word (the behaviour that comes with that word). So, we have decisions in language as we have in politics, on this definition. Language is much more than bare signs ruled by a sintax.

  • @hirschowitz1
    @hirschowitz1 3 роки тому

    My previous comment used the silly “tuppence worth” regarding Dr. Perloff... I apologize for that. She has broadened my knowledge of Wittgenstein beyond what my small brain deserves.

  • @hirschowitz1
    @hirschowitz1 3 роки тому

    This discussion is simply marvelous..... here in Manhattan in lockdown I feel as is I’m in heaven being able to listen to these scholars. I’ve recently been examining the architectural relationships of Wittgenstein, Adolf Loos, and perhaps the influence of Charles Ronnie Macintosh (sp?).... thank you so much for this..... I think perhaps Marjorie Perloff (sp?) should add her tuppence worth of her scholarship to this examination. Miss Jenny.

  • @jessicasawyer2875
    @jessicasawyer2875 3 роки тому

    Fascinating discussion. Love hearing the different perspectives. Appreciate all those who speak such wonderful English.

  • @lesliecunliffe4450
    @lesliecunliffe4450 3 роки тому

    Wittgenstein was repelled by modernity and modernism. The idea that he would have approved of conceptual art is quite absurd.

    • @DawsonSWilliams
      @DawsonSWilliams Рік тому

      I think you have over-simplified the question posed by the panel, as to whether or not Wittgenstein was Modern. The answer is more nuanced than yes or no. We know Wittgenstein respected Loos and Wagner's modern architecture. I also discovered that Wittgenstein actually read Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Youngman," and found the work to be riveting. Lastly, the very style of Wittgenstein's writing (only comparable in Pascal, Nietzsche, select Schopenhauer, and Kraus) as well as his attempts to change how we do philosophy, strikes me as modern. I have often thought of "Modernism," as breaking with tradition.

  • @findbridge1790
    @findbridge1790 3 роки тому

    LW was a neurotic fool and puppet of Lord Russell. These jerks have no idea what they're talking about. LW has become a cult fad object for people who have no notion what he was saying. In fact, his ideas about language, for ex, are all absurd. He is so overrated it's ridiculous. He was certainly a brilliant and captivating writer of the aphoristic sort, deserving the praise wrongly given to Nietzsche on that score, and he has an attractive personality -- refreshingly non-pompous, direct, humorous. But he was basically an engineer. And he had an engineer's way of looking at things. And although that's fine for engineering, it doesn't work for most of the things he was trying to understand, human language being the worst example of all.

  • @pauljohnston
    @pauljohnston 3 роки тому

    Isn't part of Wittgenstein's problem with Mahler that it lacks discipline and order? Wittgenstein (and I think other members of his family) admired classical restraint - and therefore found the playing of his brother Paul Wittgenstein not just bad and hard to listen to but positively unseemly.

  • @cristianomoita
    @cristianomoita 4 роки тому

    Sehr angenhemes Gespräch, Radmila. Vielen Dank dafür.

  • @StephenCRose
    @StephenCRose 4 роки тому

    Ludwig laughs and shakes his head.

  • @florianneanabellewebb3745
    @florianneanabellewebb3745 4 роки тому

    That's the problem with all areas of knowledge, it in danger of dogatism and generalisations.

  • @VisiblyJacked
    @VisiblyJacked 4 роки тому

    Is this inside the Wittgenstein House in Vienna?

  • @jamesklagge3597
    @jamesklagge3597 4 роки тому

    The book is now forthcoming: www.springer.com/us/book/9783030360863?fbclid=IwAR0qeBZ-d60CO7Tb48TmGB2PqN-tuhDPj-SgchsTjARb0hvXD1B5v38GRTo

  • @michaelfuting2403
    @michaelfuting2403 4 роки тому

    Ray Monk has the ability to say the truth about wittgenstein in simple, clear words - because he has no interest to utter own meanings.

    • @aqibparray3003
      @aqibparray3003 3 роки тому

      Monk is really The Monk. Witgenstein's position on poetry and music must be elaborated further .

  • @michaeldavis-ke5ym
    @michaeldavis-ke5ym 4 роки тому

    been waiting for this since 2011 woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

  • @PankajSingh-nr1nl
    @PankajSingh-nr1nl 4 роки тому

    I love Wittgenstein from the core of my heart..

  • @user-gv5gk1sc3o
    @user-gv5gk1sc3o 4 роки тому

    this talk is great, thanks for posting for the youtube community

  • @donna.g7442
    @donna.g7442 5 років тому

    I started a Master's program and university teaching fellowship in 1966. I switched quickly into History and got my graduate degree there. Why the switch? Wittgenstein was the proverbial straw. It seemed to me that Philosophy was a pursuit to rip apart any system of thought. My own study of Descartes left me with the fact that the human mind is incapable of establishing certitude. No Problem! History didn't aim for certitude, just probability. I am aware that today Philosophy can be quite scientific, what with brain wiring and imaging thrown into the studies. I am pleased that even today the politically correct anti-science elements which dominate the Humanities have not yet completely ruined the fields of Philosophy and History. My evidence for that conclusion is largely based on the fact that these two fields are still male majority, rather than the gender studies types (who lack basic biology and neurology). My early introduction to Philosophy, esp. pragmatic Stoicism, has been my base. I am now 76 and have terminal cancer, and will do MAID when the end comes.

    • @JoseSanchez-zo5tb
      @JoseSanchez-zo5tb 3 роки тому

      The Left has ruined history, especially with the 1619 Project. The Left is racist, hateful, and anti history.

    • @blairhakamies4132
      @blairhakamies4132 5 місяців тому

      So inspiring message. ❤

  • @jancoil4886
    @jancoil4886 5 років тому

    She is on target. The Austrian-Hungarian Empire fell in the memory hole of history. I read some Roth and Kafka in college and got a small taste but that was all. Her book is very good but I do not know if Wittgenstein belongs with Roth, Celan, Kraus and the others. His philosophy seems a world away. Alles Gute

  • @XiDingArt
    @XiDingArt 7 років тому

    Thank you so much for upload!! Enjoyed your videos very much!

  • @lechevalierdesmots2979
    @lechevalierdesmots2979 8 років тому

    Please ask yourselves "How many philosophers we have per capita?" excluding SlumLandLords ;-) That;s all from me, thank you keep hiding my messages from public, but I hope you got them ;-)

  • @lechevalierdesmots2979
    @lechevalierdesmots2979 8 років тому

    Seriously, LW when he was talking about language games and philosophy is a therapeutic activity on language usage and users, he was expecting all those health and fitness institutions related to language should be taken over by Ministry of Language Health and establish Language Fitness Centers, Language Massage Centers, Language Clinics, LingoAnalysis Centers, Language Preventoriums to treat in isolation of SlumLandLords who keep inserting viruses consciously or unconsciously into language to spread their ilnesses. Those institutions will be organized and supervised by philosophers. Of course those has to be organized according to the REAL cultural needs, not according to IMAGINARY OneCulture for all. I hope Austria will be the first to establish such a Ministry rather than Ludwig Wittgenstein Tourist Centers ;-) Thank you very much Radmila to post such a video on Culture and _Philosophy_ Funding Today, otherwise I really couldn't compose such messages.

  • @lechevalierdesmots2979
    @lechevalierdesmots2979 8 років тому

    It is NOT a good practice to to hide comments from public on UA-cam :-(

    • @WittgensteinInitiative
      @WittgensteinInitiative 8 років тому

      Apologies, we are too slow with approving comments - yours is very welcome and we appreciate your advice!

    • @lechevalierdesmots2979
      @lechevalierdesmots2979 8 років тому

      Thank you very much Radmila, we appriciate your efforts.

    • @lechevalierdesmots2979
      @lechevalierdesmots2979 8 років тому

      Hi Radmila, my messages are still not displayed to general public, only the ones that I exchanged with you are available. The rest can be seen only by me ??! Could you please check again, thank you for your support.

  • @lechevalierdesmots2979
    @lechevalierdesmots2979 8 років тому

    Let me give you a small suggestion about funding of Philosophy and Philosophical institutions ; Philosophy and Philosophical institutions as Wittgenstein asserted deals with Health of Language that a society using, just like Medicine and Medical institutions deals with the Health of the people composing the society. That is why Andalusian Ibn Rushd issued a fatwa on Philosophy saying : To study Philosophy is fard-i qefaye for the community". Like similar fatwa had already been issued for Medicine. Now please compare how much your community has invested in Medicine and Medical Institutions and how much money you spend per day to keep the bodies composing your community healthy and compare those figures with what you invest and spend to keep the Language of the community in health, if the figures look rediculously out of comparison then your community is doomed to be bewitched by language without your being aware of it. Please ask yourselves "How can a community functions properly/healthily with a virus stricken language?". When Wittgenstein observed this disparity he just gave up hoping that his work will be understood and appriciated by the Western Elite. He started thinking that only a new civilisation will comprehend the seriousness of his warnings. Check those statistics, do you see anything related with Philosophy here, unfortunately not, but spendings to illegal drugs is there ;-) Good luck people ;-) www.worldometers.info/ The question is : How much you are going to spend on Philosophy to keep Language in use healthy? Why would a patron invest for removal of bewitchment via language - invest in philosophical activities? Unless he is Moses ;-) Help the State(Pharaoh) to keep bewitching people via language??!! ;-) In Sweden how much funding is done to Philosophy and Philosophical institutions every year, how many percent of the GNP? You have OneLawForAll structure, marketing OneCultureForAll, there is no room for SocioPoliticoEconomic Entities to practice their OwnLaw and get orginized accordingly to protect and advance their cultural identity legally. As Wittgenstein pointed out language is based on the way of life of the community, but in OneLawForAll structures communities are doomed to be assimilated to OneCommunity with OneLanguage. After the French Revolution hundreds of local languages in use had been assimilated to OneOfficialFrench by Académie Française. Dear Radmila, please rather than trying to patch up Wittgenstein to Vienna, try to revive Philosophy and Philosophical Institutions in Vienna such a level that they are as effective in their activities to keep language/languages of Vienna healthy as the Viennese Public/Private Health institutions (including sporting) keep the bodies of Vianese healthy. Please stop lip servicing Wittgenstein, he would hate that ;-) While you put Wittgenstein's statute next to Freud's, what are you going to put in place of all the Psychiatry Clinics and all other investments and spendings going on for the health of souls of citizens?! What about their sick and virus stricken languages' health problems, who are going to look after them with what resources?! Wittgenstein to increase the Turism Incomes ??!! Poor Wittgenstein, if he had heard this he would burn down all his Nachlass ;-) It seems you still didn't get the clear warning messages of Ludwig?! Let me put them bluntly : Ludwid says "With SlumLandLords on the steering wheel of your Languages you are heading full speed to disaster!!! Keep pedalling!!!" ;-) What I am trying to say is; Whenever you start openning Philosophy Clinics in Vienna then you realized the dream of Wittgenstein's PI - NOT Turist Attarction Cafes ;-) Believe me there are out there more people with Philosophical Problems than Tourists ;-) ;-) Please make my message PUBLIC, don't reserve it for your ego ;-)

  • @lechevalierdesmots2979
    @lechevalierdesmots2979 8 років тому

    For Wittgenstein theories of so called Modern Physics was polluted (virus stricken) via the Concept of Meaning of the Positivists, so why would he waste his time on them?! But I think N.Bohr and Heisenber were aware of Wittgenstein's criticism of the Positivist Concept of Meaning as he displays in the following interview : "According to Bohr, it is meaningless to ask what an electron 'really' is. Or at least, if you ask the question, physics cannot supply the answer. Physics, he declared, tells us not about what _is_, but what we can _say_ to each other concerning the world. Sepecifically, if a physicist carries out an experiment on a quantum system, provided a full specification of the experimental set-up is given (according to the theory he/she uses), physics can then make meaningful prediction about what he/she may observe, and thence communicate to hisher fellows in a well understood language (according to the theory in use)." The Ghost in the Atom edited by P.C.W. Davies & J.R. Brown. (The words in parantheses are mine). QM uses the Theory of Groups, L.W. could easily understand that. For Wittgenstein Mathematics is invention, not discovery. Mathemarics in fact invents Grammer Structures to be adopted by Language Users into language as grammatical structures if needed. Scientists when they adopt Methematical structures into their language of theories they are also inventing an extention to language. There is nothing to discover there; Theories also are inventions, not discoveries. Why would Wittgenstein be impressed with so called Modern Physics which provide a technology to make Nuclear Bombs and Nuclear Plants but falls short to provide information how to neutralize the nuclear waste?! Would you yourselves be impressed with such scientific jump into disaster?! ;-)

  • @mikemcinally3311
    @mikemcinally3311 8 років тому

    Very informative, thank you!

  • @WittgensteinInitiative
    @WittgensteinInitiative 8 років тому

    In the early twentieth century, Vienna’s artistic and cultural landscape experienced an unprecedented shift toward modernity: Adolf Loos and the Secession movement, Arnold Schönberg, Jung Wien and Karl Kraus, Sigmund Freud, Ernst Mach and the Vienna Circle-just to mention the most important names. Proceeding from Janik’s and Toulmin’s thesis in Wittgenstein’s Vienna, the question will be explored regarding to what extent Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophical work is deeply rooted in this very specific culture of Viennese modernity.

    • @44yyBBaakk
      @44yyBBaakk 8 років тому

      thank you for the video! i wonder what is the title of the book on 30 minutes about Wittgenstein's view on music and art?

    • @WittgensteinInitiative
      @WittgensteinInitiative 8 років тому

      Hans Biesenbach: Anspielungen und Zitate im Werk Ludwig Wittgensteins. wab.uib.no/wp-no22_sample.pdf