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Wittgenstein's Private Language Investigation

Lin, Francis Y.

Philosophical investigations, 2017-07, Vol.40 (3), p.257-281 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Wittgenstein's Private Language Investigation
Autor: Lin, Francis Y.
Assuntos: Gays & lesbians ; Language ; Sons
É parte de: Philosophical investigations, 2017-07, Vol.40 (3), p.257-281
Descrição: In this paper, I first review previous interpretations of Wittgenstein's remarks on private language, revealing their inadequacies, and then present my own interpretation. Basing mainly on Wittgenstein's notes for lectures on private sensations, I establish the following points: (i) ‘remembering the connection right’ means ‘reidentifying sensation‐types’; (ii) the reason for ‘no criterion of correctness’ is that nothing, especially no inner mechanisms nor external devices, can be utilised by the private speaker to tell whether some sensations are of one type or different types; and (iii) private names are not really names, private language is not really a language, therefore, private language is a grammatical illusion. My interpretation has the advantage of being able to reconcile Wittgenstein's conception of philosophy, which is to dissolve philosophical problems by rearranging grammatical facts, with his actual philosophical practice, at least in the case of private language.
Editor: Oxford: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Idioma: Inglês

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