The problems of philosophy are not empirical problems. They are solved, rather, by looking into the workings of our language, and that in such a way as to make us recognize those workings: in despite of an urge to misunderstand them.
— Ludwig Wittgenstein Modern

Philosophy of language

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Philosophical Investigations

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1953 (published posthumously)

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/55989/55989-h/55989-h.htm

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