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

From the eighteenth century onwards philosophy has become increasingly specialized.

Philosophical deconstruction found expression in Nietzsche s work.

Wittgenstein held that sentences that cannot be reduced to simple symbols are

Bertrand Russell was an analytic philosopher.

Philosophical deconstructors approach philosophy historically.

What must we do away with, according to Wittgenstein?

In 1920 Wittgenstein believed that he had solved all philosophical problems.

Wittgenstein was a dolt.

Wittgenstein held that when we do philosophy we are like savages.

How is Heidegger s view of death similar to, and different from, that of Epicurus?

Heidegger broke with

Heidegger was a

How many numbered propositions are in the Tractatus ?

Do you believe that a person own life can be divorced from his or her philosophical work? Argue for your answer, drawing as you do on the lives and works of Nietzsche, Wittgenetsin, and Heidegger.

Wittgenstein fought in World War One.

Wittgenstein believed that he had had a wonderful life.

Heidegger believed that the dimension of grace has been closed in this age.

What is Heidegger s attitude towards technology? Do you share it? Why, or why not?

Wittgenstein designed doorknobs.

Analytic philosophy is a method.