[Wittrs] Re: Wittgenstein, Language, Thought and Mind

  • From: "SWM" <SWMirsky@xxxxxxx>
  • To: wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:31:07 -0000

This is very well, and very concisely, put! I find myself in strong agreement, 
a rarity on lists like this. -- SWM

--- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Nasha Waights Hickman <wittrs@...> wrote:
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> I too  have much to say to Sean's reply , but must go and cook dinner!!!
>
> But I don't think your comments are fair to his arguments, I don't think they 
> betray tacit endorsement of dualism, but only some real questions: how is 
> this kind of language working? Sure, when we say our feelings are private we 
> don't mean what the dualist thinks, but what is the right way to think about 
> the concept of privacy here? etc
>
> For now I just want to say quickly:
>
> While I agree that Wittgenstein expects us to reject the dualistic picture 
> tout court , he in no way wishes us to revise and improve our ways of 
> speaking, at least not outside philosophy. Metaphors have their place, poetry 
> has its place, and talk of 'innermost feelings' and 'my own private world' 
> has it's place too.
>
> Trouble comes in milking these expressions for (so-called) metaphysical facts 
> about the nature of the mind, that is all.
>
> Wittgenstein, as I see it at least, is attempting to clarify our use of 
> words, not defend it , reject it, or improve it. We will always be vulnerable 
> to bewitchment by our own language -- the philosopher's job is to remove the 
> spell, not remove the form of words from currency.
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