From Paul Graham’s “How to Do Philosophy”:
Wittgenstein is popularly credited with the idea that most philosophical controversies are due to confusions over language. I’m not sure how much credit to give him. I suspect a lot of people realized this, but reacted simply by not studying philosophy, rather than becoming philosophy professors.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: While PG’s essays on startups are his most influential works, his more abstract writings are actually more incisive. They deserve a much wider readership.
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