Witt·gen·stein  (vĭt'gən-shtīn', -stīn)  Austrian philosopher who taught in England and who had a major influence on 20th-century philosophy. His main works, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921) and Philosophical Investigations (1953), explore the relation between language and the world. |
A twentieth-century Austrian philosopher who spent much of his career in England. He is known for his explorations of the relation of language to thought and knowledge.