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I was wondering that myself. Just how much can you switch back and forth?

First, thanks for the input. I have looked at other books that have been written, and some like the one I'm writing, are done in the first person. I g...

Ya, but what's involved in the correcting part. Surely just moving a block is not enough, there has to be the correction of not following the rule (so...

I re-wrote the opening paragraphs of one of the last chapters in the book. Hopefully this flows a bit better than what I wrote in the OP. ____________...

No doubt that Wittgenstein concentrated on those forms of life associated with language, but forms of life go beyond language. Any act that people do ...

I would disagree that beliefs imply that "hinge-propositions" are epistemic. A belief must have two other components in order for it to be epistemolog...

Forms of life are just acts, shown in what we do. Wittgenstein is focused on those forms of life that are connected with language use, and by extensio...

Just think about your own life. Your beliefs and the beliefs of others are expressed in non-verbal actions all the time, not just expressed in linguis...

What I mean, and you have read other posts in here to follow my point, is that there were and are beliefs associated with pre-linguistic man that gave...

Facts are states-of-affairs quite apart from language. We use language to refer to facts, which is what the Tractatus is about, but the world of facts...

There is no doubt that the grammar of a proposition is the best way for expressing one's belief in statement form. However, that is not the question, ...

Where did I say anything about pre-linguistic propositions, that wouldn't make sense. Propositions are by definition linguistic. I was talking about p...

Is the game of chess based on facts, other than the rules of the game? So, language-games are based on, for the most part, the rules of grammar, and t...

Of course, and Wittgenstein gives examples which are exceptions to Moore's propositions, viz., that there are instances where a doubt can occur, but t...

Banno, these people are going in circles. Again, what does having a truth value amount to, other than being true or false? There just is no such thing...

The anti-realist is confused. If I make a claim, that there is water on Mercury's pole, that by definition is a proposition, and propositions can be t...

Give me an example of something that is true, but not known to be true? It would have to be some proposition, right?

Ya, I think we have a difference in the way we look at truth. If some proposition is true, then how would you know it's true without a justification? ...

I don't think of hinge-propositions as propositions in the normal sense of the word, which is why they're called hinges, basic. or bedrock proposition...

I answered this question already, when I replied to Tom.

I think maybe I'll keep the book in the first person. I was just looking over a book my philosophy professor wrote many years ago, which is similar to...

I'm heading in the direction that my thread on "Does Consciousness Survive the Death of the Body" was headed, only I want to show the whole process le...

Sorry, but I think some of the comments are still applicable. I'm still trying to decide about first person vs third person. First person is more inti...

I really appreciate the time spent looking over this material. It gives me some idea of what needs to be worked on, or at least improved upon. I'm hop...

I understand, no worries. I had to repost the last post because I'm having a hard time with the cutting and pasting, it's leaving names of books out f...

So, basically, what you're saying is that the writing is mediocre, and it's about as clear as mud. You may be right, and it's especially true if I'm t...

Does anyone else have an opinion on writing this in the first person? This is meant to be read by the public, so I don't know if that makes a differen...

Thanks Tom.

That's exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks. I was wondering about the first person part, and I've also been trying to clean up some of the wordiness....

Thanks for the input. It's appreciated.

Weird, when I pasted this in here, things were left out, so I had to make corrections.

You seem to be confusing certain concepts. A truth is simply what is asserted, what is independent is the fact that the truth claim is about. If I say...

I thought my explanation was very clear, but apparently not. I'll just respond to this. Can you have a true belief, without the justification? Obvious...

This gets back to the statement, "X is an unknown truth." First, I hold to the view that generally speaking, the definition of knowledge is justified ...

Yes, you want to read his original works, but read this first it will give you a lot of background information, then read his works.

One of the best books to read starting out is, Wittgenstein's Conception of Philosophy, by K. T. Fann. You can get it used for just a few dollars.

That's understandable, you're not alone. It's difficult material. I still find large parts difficult to follow, and I started reading his notes in 197...

Yes, we feel at home in the bottle.

There is just so much of this in philosophy, and in our general thinking, it's difficult to unravel it all. And, even those of us, including myself, w...

This is just too convoluted Raymond. There are plenty of threads in this forum that discuss this, so I'm not going to explain it again. I find it funn...

The idea that meaning is generally derived from referents has been debunked. There are exceptions, but meaning should be seen, primarily, as a functio...

My view, is that it's largely a misunderstanding of the concepts involved. You also see this in the Gettier problem. But to answer your question, and ...

Someone give me an unknown truth! Saying we don't know X, Y, or Z, is one thing, it makes sense. And, saying there are unknowns, makes sense, but the ...

I find the phrase "unknown truth" to be problematic, to say the least. If X is known to be true, which is what this statement seems to imply, then how...

Well, it seems to me that if I make the claim that I'm omniscient, most people would say the claim is false. However, how could you say it's false if ...

Whether the concept is coherent depends on how it is used. Just like any concept it can be misused, and as a consequent it can be incoherent.

I agree. Also, @"Sime" think of how playing a game of chess would go if the rules for chess were determined privately - no one would understand what i...

Geez MU, who in the world ever said there was a norm of use with regard to a private language? Norms of use, as discussed by Wittgenstein, have to do ...

I found an excellent article that is worth reading, by Stefan Majetschak, entitled "A misleading parallel”: Wittgenstein on Conceptual Confusion in Ps...

Forgive me, but this is just a stupid comparison, and needs to be called out. We are talking about a God, according to some Christians, obviously not ...