The private language argument argues that a language understandable by only a single individual is incoherent, and 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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

idiolect. Linguistics portal Dialect Gollum Yoda Idioglossia Private language argument Referential indeterminacy Sociolect Harper, Douglas. "-lect"....

this languages into the thought concepts. Private language argument Universal grammar Psycholinguistics Psychological nativism World view "The Language of...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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Elements of Justice, apparently deriving it from Wittgenstein's private language argument. The fundamental trade-off between accuracy and usability of a...

Analytic philosophy is characterized by a clarity of prose; rigor in arguments; and making use of formal logic and mathematics, and, to a lesser degree...

Ideal language philosophy is contrasted with ordinary language philosophy. From about 1910 to 1930, analytic philosophers like Bertrand Russell and Ludwig...

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

later become ordinary language philosophy. While Wittgenstein in The Blue Book is not dogmatic nor systematic, he does provide arguments that point toward...

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