Wittgenstein: Philosophical discussion in Cambridge - Part 2

A dialogue between Wittgenstein, Russell and his wife (played by Tilda Swinton) about: Should Wittgenstein commit suicide because of a V-sign that has no philosophical meaning and apparently destroys Wittgenstein's language theory?

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Film & Animation

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• philosophy
• linguistics
• wittgenstein
• tractatus
• investigations
• philosophie
• language
• sprachphilosophie

[darwinsgoatee]

well i shall start by commiting suicide lol

[Baburote]

The V - sign is from the 100 year war. The french getting hammered by englich bowman cut of those two fingers before exchanging prisoners - hence showing those two fingers to the enemy was a provocation and a defience...

[Chefodeath]

@Baburote horseshit

[CheekyVimto08]

don't think it was his wife. i think it's ottoline

[onlinedesign]

@Baburote Did NOT know that! Thank you for the explanation about the "V" sign. I wonder if today's two-fingered "peace sign" is still considered contemptuous in some societies? Hummmm

[Laou41]

@Baburote Not true, watch QI!

However, Wittgenstein is right, but clearly eccentric as hell!

[openmindset]

@elmasloco15 Poor Wittgenstein. He never ever said that the world is made up of words. Wherer did you got that idea? First, in the tractatus, he said that words can provide logical PICTURES of the world. Later, when he abandoned the tractatus, he said that words are TOOLS used to live in the world. He moved from PICTURES to TOOLS. No clue where you got your idea.

[PCoderch]

I don't know why, but this is the most hilarious shit I've ever seen in my life. Lol, the way he becomes frantic giving the finger and bitching that there is no logical structure to it is hilarious. Lol. Seriously, smoking a bong and dropping acid and listening to this man speak is the craziestm trip you will ever have ever.

[elmasloco15]

Tea for the Austrian, give him a Beer. I'm just kidding, Wittgenstein was scary in his descriptions, he's actually right on language. This whole place called the world is a world made up of words.

[justfrancisko]

@anarchovendean W. never made theories. Philosophy for him was about description, not theories. He did not revise his work on the Tractatus. He abandoned it all together as fundamentally wrong. Later he developed a whole new view of how language and meaning work.. Again, he did not offer explanatory theories, but rather just descriptionsof how things are.