Fritz Mauthner
Austrian philosopher, writer and opinion journalist (1849–1923) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fritz Mauthner (22 November 1849 – 29 June 1923) was an Austrian philosopher and author of novels, satires, reviews and journalistic works. He was an exponent of philosophical scepticism derived from a critique of human knowledge and of philosophy of language.
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Born | (1849-11-22)22 November 1849 |
Died | 29 June 1923(1923-06-29) (aged 73) |
Alma mater | Charles University in Prague |
Relatives | Auguste Hauschner (cousin) |
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He became editor of the Berliner Tageblatt in 1895, but is remembered mainly for his Beiträge zu einer Kritik der Sprache (Contributions to a Critique of Language),[1] published in three parts in 1901 and 1902. Ludwig Wittgenstein took several of his ideas from Mauthner,[2] and acknowledges him in his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922).[3]