[Wittrs] Re: Does Wittgenstein refute himself
- From: kirby urner <kirby.urner@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:27:47 -0700
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 3:34 AM, brendan downs
<downs_brendan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> For Wittgenstein, thought is inevitably tied to language, which is inherently
> social.Part of Wittgenstein's credo is captured in the following
> proclamation: "An 'inner process' stands in need of outward criteria. And
> Wittgenstein explicitly criticizes so-called conceivability arguments.
> Is it possible to conceive Wittgensteins Beetle with this criteria. I.e. with
> this criteria it is impossible to conceive something that is in a box called
> a beetle that is different to a what you have in your box called a beetle.
>
> Brendan
The words "credo" and "proclamation" jump out as non-Wittgensteinian in flavor.
The easy on-ramp to the later Wittgenstein is via the dismantling of
nominalism as a public space philosophy i.e. "this is that statue" is
an operation, not a jab with some pointer. Language is not a jabber
(pointer). This is the first insight or noble truth of the later
corpus. Only when you've broken the back of nominalism completely
will you be ready for the so-called inner landscape (a fine metaphor,
reminds me of Italy, of Fodor ($5 a day is quite inexpensive)).
Kirby
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