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Wittgenstein, Ludwig
     
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
(1889-1951) an Austrian philosopher, who studied and taught at Cambridge in the UK. His interests included the relationship between language and the physical world, and his best known works are Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and Philosophical Investigations.
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