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Philosophy and Language

Mind Your Language!

Two philosophical traditions with an interest in common.

Many philosophers in the latter part of the 19th century and beyond followed in the footsteps of Hegel’s systematic philosophy. However, around the end of the 19th century there was an intellectual revolt against Hegelianism led by G.E. Moore and Bertrand Russell which is the root of the split between the philosophical traditions to which we now refer as ‘Continental’ and ‘Analytic’.

Analytic Philosophy

Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein

From about 1910-30 they attempted to reform language to make it more logical as a tool for describing the world.

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