How Did Wittgenstein Contribute To Psychology

Philosophy has long been considered the most difficult degree to earn in the United States. Thousands of people per year attend college with the intention of obtaining a degree in philosophy, however hundreds change their major because of the high stress associated with the degree. Millions of books have been published on the subject yet few fail to give a true indepth analysis of its true hardships. This can be attributed to thousands of “psychology authors” never taking a class on psychology in their lives (quite often not even a Psychology I class in highschool). Including Ludwig Wittgenstein, author of The Blue and Brown Books, who originally went to college to study engineering, however he eventually became one of the leading psychological

Ludwig was born into one of the richest families in Vienna, Italy at the turn of the 19th century. His family’s wealth had come from his father’s engineering enterprises, and Ludwig’s own desire for money drove him towards following in his father’s footsteps. While he only was an average student with a mix of As, Bs, and Cs in school Ludwig managed to get into the University of Manchester to pursue aeronautical engineering. This is where his interest in philosophy started, as Ludwig became more interested in mathematics he soon developed interest in its philosophical foundations. Eventually, he went on to study under Bertrand Russell (a philosopher) under Russell he would begin his study of logic (and eventually becoming a

Most of the rhetorical devices are used to try and make the note easier to understand to the everyday student. He uses personification as one of his core devices in an attempt to help the student grasp the concept he teaches. For instance, “Philosophy, as we use the word, is a fight against the fascination which forms of expression exert on us” (77). In this quote Ludwig describes philosophy as a fighter because it is so hard to learn. He uses the first part of this quote to possibly tell his students that he understands how hard it is to learn, and that it is a struggle to learn such a subject. The second half of the quote is possibly explaining what philosophy is fighting. Possibly stating that learning philosophy takes the wonder out of writing, and looking at pictures, and instead makes the student think more indepthly about the picture or books they read. Instead philosophy makes the student question why the book was written or why a painting was painted in a particular way or color. So, Ludwig uses this quote to tell his students that he knows philosophy is an incredibly difficult subject to learn, also that it will change the way his students look at the