Wittgenstein's value
Friday, October 3 - Sunday, October 5, 2025.
In collaboration with Knut Olav Åmås, Walaker Hotell is once again pleased to invite you to a wonderful stay and seminar about the world-renowned philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Walaker Hotell offers accommodation in Historic rooms in the old houses, or Superior rooms in the Garden Wing.
Prices are per person,
Prices include dinner Friday and Saturday, lunch and breakfast Saturday and Sunday.
Double room in the Garden Wing, incl. seminar and all meals NOK 9500,-
As a single room, the price is NOK 11750,-
Historic double rooms in the old houses, incl. seminar and all meals NOK 9900,-
As a single room, the price is NOK 12150,-
(Registration for only the seminar, excursion and lunch must be ordered by phone or e-mail. All participants will be invoiced 50% of the price in advance. The amount is non-refundable).
Program
Friday 3.10.25
18.30
Screening of Derek Jarman's film Wittgenstein (1993)
20.00
Dinner in the dining room
Speech by Trygve Martinussen:
The story of how Wittgenstein's house was rebuilt
Entertainment by Dagfinn Nordbø
Saturday 4.10.25
09.00-09.30
Knut Olav Åmås:
Introduction to the seminar
09.30-10.45
Gabriel Michael Vosgraff Fun: Biographical investigations. Wittgenstein's life and thought in brief
10.45-11.00
Break
11.00-12.15
Inga Bostad:
Silence as resistance in philosophy. Reflections on Wittgenstein's relevance today
12.15-12.30
Break
12.30-18.30
Trip to Skjolden
Visit to Wittgenstein sites in the village
Lunch at Eide farm
Guided tour of Wittgenstein's house at the Wittgenstein Foundation in Skjolden
approx. 18.30
Back at the hotel
20.00
Dinner in the dining room
Entertainment by Dagfinn Nordbø
Sunday 5.10.25
09.00-10.30
Lars Fr. H. Svendsen:
Wittgenstein on the aim, meaning and method of philosophy
10.30-11.00
Break
11.00-12.15
Håvard Friis Nilsen:
From Freud's Vienna to Gerhardsen's Oslo: Wilhelm Reich and the cultural conflicts of the interwar period
12.15-12.45
Knut Olav Åmås:
Wittgenstein's view of philosophy, worldview and art
13.00-14.00
Lunch
Departure
