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I don't entirely agree with some elements of Kripke's interpretation of Wittgenstein (I'm more partial to the Baker and Hacker position), but he was so importan
by beezlebroxxxxxx 4y ago
I don't entirely agree with some elements of Kripke's interpretation of Wittgenstein (I'm more partial to the Baker and Hacker position), but he was so important to keeping Witty in the discussion that it's hard to not give him enormous credit.
As an aside, it is very interesting how many writers on Wittgenstein, and working in what we might broadly call Ordinary Language philosophy, achieve such a startling clarity. An early example (even before Wittgenstein) is also RG Collingwood. His writing is straightforward and clear as day, eschewing jargon for the language we use day to day, for that was ultimately their focus. They wanted to dissolve philosophical problems.
- lukeasrodgers 4y agoReaders may enjoy the portmanteau that came from Kripke's interpretation of Wittgenstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittgenstein_on_Rules_and_Private_Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittgenstein_on_Rules_and_Priv...
- aildours 4y agoThe bit about RG Collingwood sounds very interesting. Could you provide some examples?
- beezlebroxxxxxx 4y agoHis book The Principles of Art from 1938 is probably the best example. He offers a definition of art arrived at through ordinary language philosophy, and, along the way, also develops a theory of imagination, language, and anti-copyright.
- aildours 4y agoThanks!
- daviddaviddavid 4y agoI would add HP Grice to the list of startlingly clear ordinary language philosophers. His 1957 essay "Meaning" has this definition: "A means something by x" is equivalent to "A intended the utterance of x to produce some effect in an audience by means of the recognition of this intention". It may seem less than clear taken out of context, but there is a wonderful argument working toward the definition and once he finally presents it, it's a bit of a mic drop moment. Also, he is one of the few philosophers whose work proved to be foundational in linguistics. Any book/course in pragmatics will talk about Grice's work on implicature and background knowledge.
- As_You_Wish 4y ago>eschewing jargon This is humorous