Not at all. W was making a serious point about the kind of inquiry philosophy
is. One of its aims is to clarify the conditions and nature of the
knowledge-claims and judgements we make, and expose nonsense we fall prey to in
virtue of bewitchment by language. (For a very good and detailed articulation of
the philosophical enterprise in the spirit if not the letter of W, vide *Making
it explicit* by Robert Brandom. For a less technical account, see his *On doing
and saying*.
Walter O
MUN
Quoting Adriano Palma <Palma@xxxxxxxxxx>:
This is "philosophy for idiots"
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On 22 May 2015, at 17:56, Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I suspect that 'here is my hand' would suggest, in ordinary language,
an offer of a handshake - say between two people who had some
disagreement before. I can't think of many situations in which 'here
is a hand' would be used as an ontological claim, in ordinary
language. (Outside of the philosophy department at Cambridge.)
Cf.: âI am sitting with a philosopher in the garden; he says again and
again 'I know that thatâs a tree', pointing to a tree that is near us.
Someone else arrives and hears this, and I tell him: 'This fellow isnât
insane.
We are only doing philosophy.'â
â Ludwig Wittgenstein, ON CERTAINTY
Chris Bruce
in Kiel,
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