In the Tractatus, he states: "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world."The mind cannot think illogically, since thinking requires a logical structure that mirrors reality. Human thought is thus a logical island in an ocean of silence.

Cit. Wittgenstein

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Watch in awe as #RedKrayola and #ArtAndLanguage take down both #phenomenology and Ludwig #Wittgenstein with pointed #communist critique, ca. 1976

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSJ7XwawZOc

Es gibt Gespräche, die man führt und danach das Gefühl hat, gar nicht wirklich anwesend gewesen zu sein. Man hat Worte gesagt, Gedanken geordnet, vielleicht sogar präzise formuliert, und trotzdem ist das Wesentliche irgendwo auf der Strecke geblieben. Nicht aus Nachlässigkeit. Nicht aus Schweigen. Sondern weil zwischen dem, was man ist, und dem, was man von sich übermitteln kann, eine […]

Is all language metaphor? 🧐

https://philosophics.blog/2026/03/04/when-everything-is-metaphor-nothing-is/?utm_source=masto

I posted this last night. A follower chimed in. His speciality is anthropology.

Philippe Descola’s framework in Beyond Nature and Culture outlines four ontological regimes:

• Naturalism (the modern Western default)
• Animism
• Totemism
• Analogism

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The #Wittgenstein Centre has announced CPC-CG member Professor Ann Berrington as their first #WICConference2026 keynote speaker, exploring how #education, #family trajectories, and #lifecourse decisions shape #societies and #opportunities over time.

🎓 A must-attend event for #researchers, #policymakers, #students, and anyone interested in the future of #demography and #humancapital.

Find out more: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/news-events/conferences/demography-and-human-capital

#newissue

Che cosa esprime il #silenzio? Nella letteratura, nelle pratiche religiose, nell’esperienza estetica e in molti altri ambiti, il silenzio assume forme e significati diversi. Il nuovo numero tematico di #Lebenswelt esplora l’assenza di suono da una prospettiva fenomenologica e in differenti contesti, attingendo al lavoro di #Wittgenstein e #Nietzsche come di #Deleuze e #Guattari

⬇️ Disponibile in #openaccess: https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/Lebenswelt/issue/view/2765?mtm_campaign=mastodon

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We're galloping into the lunar new year here in Taiwan, so here's Ludwig Wittgenstein, wishing you a very happy year of the horse. 馬上成功！

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