Ludwig Wittgenstein

Addressing the Question “What is a Program Text?” via Turing Scholarship

“…McTaggart (mentioned in the previous passage) influenced Turing is part of my on-going research. Similar questions hold regarding Ludwig Wittgenstein (some of whose classes Turing attended in 1939) and Dorothy Sayers whose 1941 book, The Mind of the Maker, Turing read during the war [10]. In her book, Sayers engaged with Eddington's 1939 work The Philosophy of Physical Science and elaborated the aforementioned distinction between governing laws and natural laws-a topic which, in my reading, was of central concern in the 1939 exchanges between Wittgenstein and Turing [11].…”

Ludwig wittgenstein’s philosophy in the light of the diagnosis of Autism

“…"a and b are indefinable," Wittgenstein answered in a voice of thunder.' (9) His extreme social isolation -'Being alone here [Skjolden] does me no end of good and I do not think I could now bear life among people', admitted Wittgenstein in a letter written to Russell in 1913(MONK 1990). Wittgenstein's coworker in the Royal Victoria Infirmary, in Newcastle, during the Second World War, secretary Helen Andrews said that Wittgenstein 'did not easily fit in' and used to prefer to be alone in his bedroom rather than being among colleagues.…”

Applying the seven principles of good practice: archives in the 21st century university

“…He did this in order to arouse in his students the same sense of curiosity he brought to everything that interested him. 2 Actively involving the learners and stimulating their curiosity in order to stimulate their enquiry of the collection, has been at the centre of the approach used when using the RBA in teaching at Swansea. However, this is based on more than Wittgenstein's inter-war experiences.…”