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I've heard that Wittgenstein is one of the few philosophers to actually make people optimistic. Does anyone here feel that way?
by rackjack 5y ago
I've heard that Wittgenstein is one of the few philosophers to actually make people optimistic. Does anyone here feel that way?
- onion2k 5y agoMy main take from reading Wittgenstein was that no one agrees on the meaning of words so there's barely any point arguing about things. I suppose that's sort of positive.
- OJFord 5y agoMy main take from arguing about things is that it being founded on a mutually disagreed word meaning doesn't end the argument! A somewhat related experience I had recently and found very strange was having two parties who each knew me meet, and relate stories about me or things that I'd supposedly said, in a way which made clear that at best my meaning was misunderstood even if the words were correct. What of all the other dialogue that didn't happen to come up? What percentage of what we say is understood as we intend, even if it seems so at the time?
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- KarlKemp 5y ago“People” for “definitely not women” in this case. Nor his brothers.
- ralfd 5y agoCan you explain that jab/reference?