Timeline for Which if any philosophers might be considered affiliated with Wittgenstein's school of thought or have expressed similar views?
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| Feb 7, 2012 at 5:42 | comment | added | Chuck | And once you have that context I'm sure you'll find that he is very clear (and incredibly lucid.) The text is very approachable if you know that you are not supposed to read a doctrine into it or a single unified strand of thought (i.e. an uber-argument.) The Investigations are a collection of elucidations. The movements in it should be seen as Witt's attempt to cure people of the philosophical impulse (i.e. the impulse to philosophize) and NOT of trying to solve philosophical problems.He does so by deconstructing many paradigmatic philosoph situations. PI128: There are no theses in philosophy | |
| Feb 7, 2012 at 5:38 | comment | added | Chuck | @Speldosa Well he doesn't mention it explicitly anywhere but you can tell that the text is written in a discursive style. Look, I think you are confusing lack of clarity with lack of context. Witt himself is certainly culpable for not giving enough context to his writing, e.g. giving a long introduction where he describes his methods and purpose. But it's not that this context does not exist. It certainly does. A little historical background on both the text itself and Wittgenstein's views will give you the context to understand what and how the Investigations are supposed to be read (cont.) | |
| Feb 6, 2012 at 21:34 | comment | added | Speldosa | "The Investigations for instance make little sense unless you take care to separate the three interlocutors in the text - separated by single, double or no quotation marks." - Does Wittgenstein mention anywhere that he uses this form? Otherwise, I would say that he's making it more confusing than it has to be. This is a great example of where he is unclear. i'll check out Richard Rorty though. Thanks! | |
| Feb 6, 2012 at 15:26 | history | answered | Chuck | CC BY-SA 3.0 |