In your example: You are doing what Wittgenstein suggests we do, consider circumstances where it does make sense to say "This is here". In Wittgenstei...
I think the problem starts here: As I read it, Wittgenstein finds the example problematic. It does not make sense to point to something in front of yo...
The example is what he describes in the text, someone who points to an object in front of him and says "this is here". This is to be compared with tho...
Descartes took his motto from Ovid: He who lived well hid himself well. How does someone whose teaching runs counter to the Church publish in an age w...
The particular circumstances in which the sentence is actually used is meant to compare with the example. It is in those circumstances that the senten...
It just occurred to me that I was trying to come up with an example of pointing to something, saying "this is here", and having it make sense. But tha...
In answer to the question: I would say I do. But this is where we are led astray. But this may not be the way it is being used. Just because it made s...
I think you are right with regard to what "someone" actually said. What I was getting at is that "this" means the object that is pointed to. I don't t...
I don't think he meant that one would actually say "This is here" but rather the particular object is here: "The key is here". "This is here" might be...
Since "someone" is pointing to an object in front of him "this" refers to whatever it is that he or she is pointing to. The term translated as "specia...
I agree. Wittgenstein said: Husserl points to the sedimentation of meaning. Words accrue meaning over time. We see this clearly with the term 'soul'. ...
When the philosopher says “This is here”, I think he is referring to Moore's claim "here is one hand". Moore's point is that it exists, it is real. Bu...
As far as I can see, on the existence of the world. His view is in this sense similar to Deism. But given his silence on such matters and his mysticis...
Bye bye Frankie. Some day you may grow up and realize that you are only playing at doing philosophy, but given your age, I doubt it. I think you are p...
And this is why I think it is best that I no longer respond to you. Being well versed in Wittgenstein does not mean that you cannot be mistaken. There...
That is not the statement I said was ambiguous. The statement in question is: "I do not "believe" there are no gods". That statement is entirely consi...
At the moment, we are or were talking about traffic lights. It is, however, part of a larger discussion that includes the relationship between intenti...
You need to look up the definition of ambiguity. The fact that a statement is truthful does not mean it is not ambiguous. It I say: "I do not believe ...
But W. talks about the meaning of the world, only it is not to be found in the world. (6.41) The world and God are not the same. One can do what one w...
The pious person might answer that they are talking about the God but each according to his own understanding or according to his own way of expressin...
In my last post I wrongly credited you with saying that we were of the same mind. You asked the question and I answered that we were of the same mind ...
But it is still related to it, that is, to regulating the flow of traffic. The wider community interested in getting to work did not install the traff...
If you do not believe no gods exist then either have no belief about gods or you believe gods exist. You might mean one or the other. It is ambiguous....
The intent is to regulate the flow of traffic. That does not change even if the standard by which the flow of traffic is regulated changes. To use one...
But that is not what you said. You did not say you do not have a belief that 'X' you said I do not "believe" 'X'. Again, that is not what you said. Wh...
Are you asking what makes a standard a standard? Its general acceptance by the community. The United States does not use the metric system. I cannot t...
If your point was to say that you hold no beliefs about gods then why not say that? Instead you expressed a belief - using a double negative. It is no...
Yes, in some form or other. Wittgenstein emphasized the will of God. He understands this as something inexplicable. We cannot say why God wills as he ...
We are of the same mind regarding the first belief. As to the second, no. You are, of course, allowed to hold contradictory beliefs, but I prefer not ...
I do not have to concede that possibility since I have acknowledged it all along. See the distinction I made between epistemic agnosticism and pistemi...
The meaning of the light is determined by law. The community may have some say in what the law should be, but this is not so straight forward. The law...
I do not make a blind guess unless I take seriously the possibility of the existence of gods. And unless I find some persuasive reason to take serious...
Intent is not limited to what a single person intends. If we come across a sign and do not know how to read it, we may ask about its intended meaning,...
Right, that is my point. I make no claims of knowledge, but still hold beliefs on the matter. The trap one falls into is thinking that it follows from...
It does not follow from the claim that we cannot or have not determined whether gods exist that we should take seriously the possibility that they do ...
It is a matter of convention that the blunt end does not point in the direction one is to go. The convention may have been based on the shape of an ac...
Transcendent means to go beyond. Transcendental, following Kant, means the conditions for the possibility of experience, or more generally, the condit...
You are right about this: it does help to have a questioner. And having one who goes from an adversary to thinking of himself as part of a team is int...
According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: What about the manuscripts, typescripts, and dictations? Where do the collections entitled Bemer...
The only work that was published during his lifetime was the Tractatus. The same could be said of the Tractatus. The Philosophical Investigations were...
We are in agreement on this. It is because of this that we can say that the passenger did not understand what the instructions meant. What one intends...
I just went back over the discussion to find where the phrase 'improper meaning' came from. I used the phrase 'improper use'. Luke took this to mean t...
If a child points to a dog and says "cat" we correct him. "Cat" is not the proper name for the animal. That has nothing to do with intention. If I say...
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