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How does Wittgenstein overcome what seems to be a circularity? 1) Hinge propositions are the rules that constitute our language game. 2) Within this l...

@"Moliere" As rule 4 says "must fall under the broad category of a philosophical essay", this seems to suggest that what is required is a philosophica...

I agree that there is a difference between philosophy writing and a philosophy essay, but rule 4) does say it must fall under the broad category of a ...

Yes, but I am not sure about "with or without a definite conclusion". A philosophy essay is about making a claim and then defending it. There must be ...

I cannot doubt that I doubt, even if I am a simulation.

True, but they don't doubt that they have the doubt as to whether the Earth exists.

That was my question to @"Sam26" who wrote "hinges are about lived truths".

As a starting position, Wittgenstein in On Certainty did write that some propositions are exempt from doubt. You point out that in ordinary language w...

Wittgenstein wrote that some propositions are exempt from doubt. Where does Wittgenstein write that those propositions which are exempt from doubt are...

The language game that includes the sentence "Sherlock Holmes lives at 221B Baker Street" is embedded in a world of literature rather than a world out...

What does "hapa kuna mkono mmoja na katika mkono huu kuna kikombe" mean? I can tell you that this is a coherent language, where each part is fully in ...

There are many different definitions of "truth" (SEP - Truth) Wittgenstein did not consider the hinge proposition as being true. What definition of tr...

Can you slightly adjust the wording of your thesis such that you can find three philosophers that support it and one philosopher that opposes it? If y...

:up: Continuing: For example, in a language game, "here is one hand and the hand is holding a mug of coffee", "here is one hand" is the hinge proposit...

In a language game are ordinary propositions such as "it is raining" and hinge propositions such as "here is one hand". All ordinary propositions can ...

"It is raining" is true1 IFF it is raining You say that hinge propositions are true2, where true1 and true2 are different. But how have true1 and true...

Not really. "Impossible to doubt" has a different meaning to "exempt from doubt" OC 341 For example, "food is exempt from vat". How would you replace ...

Cannot doubt vs exempt from doubt My previous example was: i) That Paris is in France cannot be doubted means that we started with a doubt and then co...

In OC 341 Wittgenstein writes "That is to say, the questions that we raise and our doubts depend on the fact that some propositions are exempt from do...

True, but on a thread about Wittgenstein's On Certainty, the question is, how did Wittgenstein describe doubt?

There is a difference in meaning between i) hinge propositions cannot be doubted and ii) hinge propositions are exempt from doubt Wittgenstein says "e...

Do you have any support in the literature?

I agree that ordinary propositions are truth apt. For example, "it is raining" is true IFF it is raining It is not that "hinges aren’t true in the sam...

Have managed to reduce my "how to write a philosophy essay" down to eight pages. Have starting researching, which gave me my plan. A bit more research...

These are contradictory statements. A hinge proposition cannot be both outside the domain of epistemological justification, including justifications s...

I agree, more or less. It seems to me that there are three main theories of perception: Idealism, Direct Realism and Indirect Realism In the Tractatus...

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Isn't the Moon, something that has a diameter of 3,475 km, outside the mind?

I think that you are partly right and partly wrong. Partly wrong in that a Wittgenstein sentence, such as "snow is white", does correspond with the re...

How could we ever know such a thing? The Idealism of Berkeley doesn't think that anything physical exists outside the mind.

This raises the question, how can the Universe exist without there being anything external to it?

Yes, I am part of the world, but we must distinguish between that part of the world that is external to me and that part of the world that is internal...

A believer in Transcendental Apriosis is a Rationalist who proposes that a solitary thinker using pure reason can understand reality. Wittgenstein's h...

Not only Wittgenstein, but many modern philosophers don't accept the concept of Transcendental Aprioris, of which noesis is a part. As described by MR...

It is "Cogito, Ergo Sum" or “I think, therefore I am.” There is a comma between "I think" and "therefore I am" I agree that the sentences "I think tha...

I would agree with that. Sometimes an atheist finds god and sometimes a religious person loses their faith. Both could come from a discursive engageme...

Why? Noesis seems to be the real content of consciousness. For example, the consciousness of the thought that here is one hand. Wittgenstein's conclus...

Conceptions of truth don't invalidate Wittgenstein's conclusion. Wittgenstein proposed that "here is one hand" is a hinge proposition. A hinge proposi...

The hinge proposition You are conflating two different types of propositions within the language game. There is the hinge proposition and there is the...

@Sam26 suggested to me that "I don't want this thread to become an argument about the existence of God, and whether belief in God is a hinge." However...

Fair enough, putting God to one side. One could argue that although the proposition "here is one hand" can be used across different language games, it...

For those who believe that god exists, then god exists. This is a tautology. It follows that they believe the proposition "god exists" to be true and ...

The Christian in acting their life cements the hinge "God as the ultimate source of all power", which is their truth. The Atheist in acting their life...

Pure consciousness. I'll have to mediate on that.

What would this consciousness be conscious of, if not the "I" or object of thought?

I agree. I may have the concept of a house in my mind. If I perceive something that I understand as one instantiation of my concept of a house, then I...

In the mind, there can be the concept of a house and the thought of a particular house. These are different things. I agree that there can be a concre...

As Nietzsche wrote: What gives me the right to say that the "I" causes thoughts, as if the "I" is separate to the thoughts it has? I agree that the "I...

Yes, for each change in thought there will be an ontological change in the "I". Are you the same person you were ten years ago? There is the question ...

Nietzsche is right to point out that people naturally separate the "I" from the "thought". However, this cannot be the case, otherwise it would lead i...