PhilFacts

@philfacts.bsky.social

1 month ago

Did you know Yorick Smythies, a British philosopher and Wittgenstein's student, died on New Year's Day 1980? He secretly transcribed Wittgenstein's lectures, shaping postwar philosophy. (Q16963011) #WittgensteinCircle #PhilosophicalLegacy

PhilFacts

@philfacts.bsky.social

1 year ago

Friedrich Waismann coined 'open texture'—a concept highlighting the inherent vagueness in language. His work stemmed from debates with Wittgenstein, reshaping 20th-century philosophy of language. (Q7096433) #PhilosophyOfLanguage #WittgensteinCircle