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Re:Why Paul Graham is sort of wrong about philosophy by kristofferR on Monday May 26, 2014 @04:43PM (#7801546)
PG mentions that in his blog post:

"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."

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Re:Why Paul Graham is sort of wrong about philosophy by jasode on Monday May 26, 2014 @04:49PM (#7801568)
Ah yes, I see that now. I didn't notice that the TFA had a direct link to PG's essay.

Since the author (K. Matthew Dupree) could see Wittgenstein was cited, I'm wondering why he didn't address what the notable philosopher already said.

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