| 释义 |
Wittgensteinian, a. and n.|ˌvɪtgənˈstaɪnɪən|
[f. the name of the Austrian-born philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) + -ian.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Wittgenstein, or his theories or methods.
B. n. An adherent of Wittgenstein's ideas.
1946Mind LV. 25 Unfortunately, for the outsider there exists no official and adequate statement of the Wittgensteinian technique. Ibid., ‘W―ns’ will be used for ‘Wittgensteinians’. 1954[see Russellian a. and n.]. 1966D. Jenkins Educated Soc. iii. 140 The Wittgensteinian line of concluding that when one cannot profitably speak one must perforce be silent. 1969T. F. Torrance Theol. Sci. i. 19 To use Wittgensteinian language, are these ‘images’ ‘pictures’ or ‘tools’? 1973Listener 4 Jan. 21/2 A hard-line defence, by a leading Wittgensteinian, of the Pope's pronouncement on contraception. 1980Times Lit. Suppl. 20 June 714/2 Professor Wright..picks up some Wittgensteinian themes and explores how they might be developed. Ibid. 714/4 The question of whether..a Wittgensteinian can defend the distinction between necessary and contingent propositions. |