The private language argument argues that a language understandable by only a single individual is incoherent. It was introduced by Ludwig Wittgenstein...

Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language is a 1982 book by philosopher of language Saul Kripke in which he contends that the central argument of Ludwig Wittgenstein's...

A language-game (German: Sprachspiel) is a philosophical concept developed by Ludwig Wittgenstein, referring to simple examples of language use and the...

because of Ryle's regress and the homunculus argument. Recently, reliance on the private language argument and the "homunculus objection" has itself come...

pragmatics Language game (philosophy) – Words and contextual actions which provide a complete meaning Private language argument – Argument that a language understandable...

presented the exact nature of the argument is disputed. First, he argues that a private language is not really a language at all. This point is intimately...

that Wittgenstein's private language argument effectively disproves it. Scruton writes, The belief that these essentially private features of mental states...

is the focusing of philosophy primarily on the relations between language, language users, and the world. Very different intellectual movements were associated...

famous argument from Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations (which deal primarily with the philosophy of language), the private language argument, in...

Saul Kripke's 1982 book Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language contends that the central argument of Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations is...

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the same logical form in a given language. The logical form of an argument is called the argument form of the argument. The importance of the concept of...

original This theory of meaning is one of the targets of the private language argument Locke, Essay, Bk. III, Ch. iii, 3 Philosophical Investigations...

The picture theory of language, also known as the picture theory of meaning, is a theory of linguistic reference and meaning articulated by Ludwig Wittgenstein...

Presupposition Primum non nocere Principle Principle of double effect Private language argument Problem of induction Problem of mental causation Problem of other...

one feature is found in all of them. The whole argument has become famous under the heading 'language games'. The larger context in which Wittgenstein's...

Ordinary language philosophy (OLP) is a philosophical methodology that sees traditional philosophical problems as rooted in misunderstandings philosophers...

Eidinow, John (2002). Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of A Ten Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers. New York, NY: Ecco / Harper Collins Publishers...

opposed to putting forth positive theses and developing constructive arguments." Quietism by its nature is not a philosophical school as understood in...

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philosophical puzzles about colour can only be resolved through attention to the language games involved, Wittgenstein considers Goethe's propositions in the Theory...

"Kripkenstein", in his Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language. The book contains his rule-following argument, a paradox for skepticism about meaning. Much...

written in an austere and succinct literary style, containing almost no arguments as such, but consists of 525 declarative statements altogether, which...

Moore's 'Here is a hand' argument) lay the foundation for the renewed interest in common sense philosophy and ordinary language philosophy. Malcolm was...

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and Other Essays (1963), Ayer heavily criticised Wittgenstein's private language argument. Ayer's sense-data theory in Foundations of Empirical Knowledge...

eye", without the use of language – a recognition greatly sharpened in the 20th century by Wittgenstein's private language argument. For Berlin, values are...

developed a form of logical atomism that focused on an ideal phenomenalistic language, particularly in his discussions of J.O. Urmson's work on analysis. The...

Lecture), published by the University of Kansas "One Strand in the Private Language Argument", Grazer Philosophische Studien 33/34 (1989), 285–303 "Mathematical...