Exam 17: The Twentieth Century: Ludwig Wittgenstein and Martin Heidegger

Who said that we have abolished the true world?

Wittgenstein studied with Russell.

Wittgenstein was a fighter pilot.

Russell took a professional philosophical interest in social issues.

Wittgenstein worked as a hospital porter.

Ontology is the study of

A French philosopher could be an analytic philosopher and not a Continental philosopher.

Who has been described as a dismal windbag ?

Husserl held that consciousness was

Who wrote of language games ?

Hannah Arendt was

In the analytic tradition people do theology.

What did Wittgenstein believe would never touch the important problems of life?

Wittgenstein explicitly claimed that what cannot be said cannot be

Wittgenstein was interested in the philosophy of mathematics.

Heidegger tended to seek solace in

Bentham endorsed philosophical deconstructionism.

For Wittgenstein, objects

Analytic philosophers embraced

Who played a major role in introducing Heidegger s work to America?