Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Step-down facility – Frank McNally on the accidental amphitheatres of Dublin
- Opinion
- December 3, 2020, 19:15
Walking home through Dublin’s Liberties on one of the warmer weekend nights last month, I was surprised to see a group of locals standing around on a (...)

A week of number-crunching with Alan Turing, John King, and Sam McConkey
- Opinion
- November 11, 2020, 00:01
The day before the US election, I had to drive down to darkest Tipperary for a television shoot. After months of confinement in Dublin, enforced or vo(...)

Who really understands Wittgenstein’s ‘bible’ of modern philosophy?
- Culture
- November 5, 2020, 05:00
If the influence of philosophical works could be measured on a word-for-word basis, Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is possibly t(...)

The air is filled with birdsong now. It was always there, we just couldn't hear it
- People
- April 4, 2020, 06:04
Suddenly apart, together. We’ve gone indoors, we’ve changed the dimensions of our lives, we’ve slowed down the weeks and agitated the days. It isn’t o(...)

Artificial intelligence an ethical issue for believers and non-believers alike
- Opinion
- August 27, 2019, 01:00
A few weeks ago, my friend the geneticist David McConnell wrote a stimulating article in these pages on the supposed chasm between science and religio(...)

A ‘third way’ of looking at religion
- Culture
- September 18, 2018, 01:00
The visit of Pope Francis to Ireland has led to calls for a new type of dialogue between religious and non-religious people. Some Catholics claim to b(...)

‘How we discovered the very best of Ireland’
- Ireland
- March 17, 2018, 06:00
Almost 30 years ago, we idly mentioned to a friend that we had an idea about writing a book about Irish food. “You write it and I’ll publish it,” he (...)

How to become wise: It takes more than Googling
- Culture
- January 9, 2018, 04:30
If you’re still feeling numb after the political events of 2017 take note of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s advice: “Just improve yourself; that is all you can(...)

Late photographer Walter Pfeiffer’s last collection is published
- Culture
- September 17, 2017, 19:29
Photographer Walter Pfeiffer once met a man from Roundstone who told him “Connemara is grey”. “Grey it certainly is on countless days in winter and o(...)

Ralph Steadman: With gonzo, you don’t cover the story; you become the story
- Art & Design
- January 28, 2017, 05:00
One day in 1970 Ralph Steadman was out on a boat, covering the America’s Cup yacht race and feeling seasick. The illustrator’s companion on the water(...)