A Passport Photo of Two: On an Allusion in the Pictures of Wittgenstein and von Wright in Cambridge

Christian Eric Erbacher, Bernt Österman

Abstract


The article draws a connection between three items preserved at the von Wright and Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Helsinki (WWA), namely a book by Wilhelm Busch and two copies of the photos of von Wright and Wittgenstein in Cambridge taken by Knut Erik Tranøy in 1950, by suggesting that the photos contain an allusion by Wittgenstein.

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Wittgenstein Ludwig; 20th century philosophy; Wright G.H. von

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