Quotes
“Appreciating _____ is a manifestation of the life of mankind.”
What is music?
Who claimed to be certain of having two hands?
Who is Moore?
What was the name of the house that Wittgenstein died in?
What is Storey's End?
“Physical objects exist” —part of our conceptual framework, or descriptive of the world?
Part of our conceptual framework
Which British literary figure does Wittgenstein see as more of a phenomenon than a great human being?
Shakespeare
“_______ is not a mood but a way of looking at the world.”
What is humor?
Which Catholic doctrine was Wittgenstein shocked to learn, and which famous philosopher explained it to him?
What is Transubstantiation, and who is Elizabeth Anscombe?
When in America, Wittgenstein was so shocked by the sight of this plant that he crumpled it up and trampled it.
What is milkweed?
_______ is another term that Wittgenstein uses for aspect as well as the name of school of psychology.
What is Gestalt?
Wittgenstein contrasted Drury’s Greek religious ideas with his own self-described ______ religious ideas.
Hebraic
In a letter to Drury, Wittgenstein quotes a passage of James Ward’s which reads “denken ist schwer.” What does this mean in English?
What is thinking is difficult/hard?
What was the name of the man employed by the Drury family, who was Wittgenstein’s helper and companion while he lived in Ireland?
Who is Thomas Mulkerrins, Tommy?
This pony is named after a region in West Ireland where Wittgenstein stayed in 1934.
What is Connemara Pony?
What characteristic of a proposition demonstrates that it is descriptive of the world/that it is an empirical hypothesis?
The contrary of the proposition is false
Which character in Tolstoy’s Brother Karamazov did Wittgenstein find to be an excellent example of a teacher?
Father Zossima
“Remember that one is sometimes convinced of the correctness of a view by its simplicity or_____.”
What is symmetry?
What is the name of the art student that Wittgenstein encountered who implied that Wittgenstein’s work as a philosopher was an attempt to hide his homosexuality?
Who is Barry Pink?
What is an example of a framework shift—of something that Wittgenstein used as a preposterous example, but is now not so preposterous?
What is a human leaving the surface of the earth, a human visiting space?
What are two necessary conditions for aspect-seeing?
Imagination and culture
What are two things that require aspect-seeing to be understood?
Humor and music
“I hear the words ‘________’. I ask: ‘In what connection did you say that? Was it a sigh from the bottom of your heart, was it a confession, was it self-observation?’”
What is 'I am afraid?'
When was the last remark of On Certainty written? (date)
What is April 27, 1951?
What was Wittgenstein’s unusual cleaning material while in Ireland?
What are used tea leaves?
Sometimes a proposition is being tested; sometimes, it is the rule that things are tested by. What concept is this remark concerned with?
Logic
Which was Wittgenstein’s favorite detective novel?
Rendezvous with Fear by Norbert Davis