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First review of my new short biography of Wittgenstein, in the New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/b...
A conversation on the towering self-confidence of the Wittgenstein family, the physicists who sparked some of Ludwig's ideas, music and the inexpressible, and--among other things--why life is maybe not like a pineapple.
NEW! Join us on the latest episode of the Jewish Lives Podcast with Anthony Gottlieb, author of the new biography "Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophy in the Age of Airplanes," as we explore the life of one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century.
Listen now at jewishlives.org/podcast
Listen now at jewishlives.org/podcast
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A conversation on the towering self-confidence of the Wittgenstein family, the physicists who sparked some of Ludwig's ideas, music and the inexpressible, and--among other things--why life is maybe not like a pineapple.
Yet more Wittgenstein: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
‘Ludwig Wittgenstein’ Review: An Attack on the Abstract
Wittgenstein argued that words have meaning “only in the stream of life.” Philosophical problems arise when “language goes on holiday.”
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November 19, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Yet more Wittgenstein: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
An appreciative review of my Wittgenstein biography, from Bryan Appleyard:
engelsbergideas.com/reviews/witt...
engelsbergideas.com/reviews/witt...
Wittgenstein's great silence
The philosopher sought freedom from the bewitchment of language.
engelsbergideas.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
An appreciative review of my Wittgenstein biography, from Bryan Appleyard:
engelsbergideas.com/reviews/witt...
engelsbergideas.com/reviews/witt...
Philosophical terminology unseriously explained: dailynous.com/2025/10/29/f...
“Fixing” the Definitions of Philosophical Terms - Daily Nous
Sometimes, philosophical terms mean one thing, but sound like they really ought to mean something else. That was the premise of the Uxbridge Dictionary of Philosophy, a compilation of "misdefinitions"...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Philosophical terminology unseriously explained: dailynous.com/2025/10/29/f...
The first chapter of my new short biography of Wittgenstein is free to read at Lit Hub: lithub.com/on-the-simpl...
On the Simple Life of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Philosophy as “Neverending Therapy”
In 1931, at the age of forty-one, Ludwig Wittgenstein mused in his diary that perhaps his name would live on only as the end point of Western philosophy—“like the name of the one who burnt down the…
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October 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The first chapter of my new short biography of Wittgenstein is free to read at Lit Hub: lithub.com/on-the-simpl...
First review of my new short biography of Wittgenstein, in the New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/b...
October 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
First review of my new short biography of Wittgenstein, in the New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/b...
I'm pleased to say that this is now available for pre-order: www.amazon.com/Ludwig-Wittg...
February 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I'm pleased to say that this is now available for pre-order: www.amazon.com/Ludwig-Wittg...
My piece on Leibniz, in this week's issue of the New Yorker www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
He Was a Genius for the Ages. Can We Give Him a Break?
Gottfried Leibniz made conceptual advances that lie behind our digital world. Yet for centuries he was mocked for a misstep.
www.newyorker.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
My piece on Leibniz, in this week's issue of the New Yorker www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Before Beatlemania, there was Bergsonmania: my review of a new biography of Bergson www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/b...
Book Review: ‘Herald of a Restless World,’ by Emily Herring
Henri Bergson enjoyed a cult following on both sides of the Atlantic in the early 20th century. A new biography explains what the fuss was about.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Before Beatlemania, there was Bergsonmania: my review of a new biography of Bergson www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/b...