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    Explore how Ludwig Wittgenstein transformed philosophy by rejecting his early belief in perfect logical language for a revolutionary view of meaning through use and 'language games.'

    Wittgenstein's Revolutionary Philosophy: From Logic to Language Games

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    The meaning of a word is its use in the language; philosophical problems arise when language goes on holiday—when we take words out of their normal contexts and try to use them in abstract, theoretical ways that don't connect to any real activity.

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