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Damn, that is a great quote. And I went and read late-Wittgenstein[1] to get that idea nailed down (admittedly with a hell of a lot more but he is not an easy r
by freshhawk 9y ago
Damn, that is a great quote. And I went and read late-Wittgenstein[1] to get that idea nailed down (admittedly with a hell of a lot more but he is not an easy read). His concept of "word games" is an excellent thinking tool to have available.
This general idea is also a necessary vaccine against a lot of terrible ... LessWrong style "philosophy" (sigh, of all the place to feel compelled to make that statement)
[1] https://philosophyforchange.wordpress.com/2014/03/11/meaning-is-use-wittgenstein-on-the-limits-of-language/ https://philosophyforchange.wordpress.com/2014/03/11/meaning... and https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/was-wittgenstein-right/ https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/was-wittgen... are pretty good