Quotations: Analytic Philosophy

The 5 quotations from the philosophers tied to this movement, each linked to the position it expresses.

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Ludwig Wittgenstein5 quotations

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.

Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations, § 109

On , their position:

The meaning of a word is its use in the language.

On , their position:

The questions that we raise and our doubts depend on the fact that some propositions are exempt from doubt, are as it were like hinges on which those turn.

On Certainty, §341 (posthumous notes)

On , their position:

What is your aim in philosophy? — To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle.

On , their position:

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

On , their position: