I agree that I must know the difference between a real cup and a fake cup if I say “I see a fake cup”. But I am not doing that. I am saying “I see a c...
If I don’t know the meaning of “infinity” I could ask another person. Suppose this other person knows the meaning of “infinity”. How did this other pe...
We agree that the meaning of the word “infinity” cannot come from private experience. ================================================================...
We can use a “hammer” to knock in a nail because we can pick up a hammer, but have you ever picked up an infinity and been able to use it for anything...
Seeing a cup is not proof that the cup exists in the outer world. The cup may only exist in the inner mind. That people see a mirage in the desert is ...
We see a cup. I cannot prove it is an illusion or hallucination. You cannot prove it is not an illusion or hallucination. Perhaps scepticism is the on...
An interesting question. Where does infinity get its meaning from if no one has ever had the private experience of infinity. =========================...
Exactly, when hearing “what a beautiful xyz”, our first reaction is to ask what “xyz” means. If we don’t know what “xyz” means the expression is meani...
What you say leads into a circular argument. You are assuming there are real events in a real world, from which we discover evidence that there are re...
Suppose a blind person said “what a beautiful sunset”, which is a possible scenario, even though they have never seen a sunset. Yes, they could be say...
I can deny that ghosts exist. ===================================== Moore says that he knows that here is one hand because he can see one hand. But as...
How does Wittgenstein overcome the problem that the expression “I am in pain” would be meaningless if the speaker never had the inner feeling of pain....
There is a quandary On the one hand, Wittgenstein is effectively saying that hinges are part of the framework of our language, our language game withi...
If I say “here is one hand”, how do I justify it? Moore says “I know here is one hand because I can see it". But how does he justify what he sees! The...
If for example we grow up from babies in a world where every aspect is theist, including language, buildings, events, organisations, then every aspect...
Where did I say that a hinge proposition has the property of being indubitable rather than the role of being indubitable? Where did I say that “here i...
As I see it, JL Austin’s performative utterance is “I name this ship Queen Elizabeth”. Subsequently we can say “here is the ship Queen Elizabeth”, whe...
Maybe we agree that there is no difference between “here is one hand” and “here is one tree”. Either i) if “here is one hand” is a hinge then why isn’...
In one sense, the proposition “here is one hand” must be a hinge within the coherent language game of which it is a part, otherwise its language game ...
Hinge propositions are interesting as part of the framework of our language and as such are beyond doubt. A framework cannot doubt itself. However, so...
For Wittgenstein, as regarding hinges: Mathematical propositions are hinges. The personal propositions “I am here” (OC 10) and “the existence of the e...
For Wittgenstein, part of Moore’s mistake is in saying “I know here is one hand” rather than “here is one hand”. These hinges are not limited to scien...
I think I have been reasonably clear in setting out my understanding where Wittgenstein is correct, incorrect or vague. Understanding has two aspects....
A useful post I will give my solution to meaning in language, and try to show it answers all of your questions. My solution to meaning in language As ...
I am doing the same. I believe the points that I am making are correct, even if no one else agrees. But what else can one do? At the very least I am i...
In PI 201 talks about the rule-making paradox, and as you say, grasping a rule is not an interpretation and it is not custom that makes a rule. Howeve...
I agree that a hinge is not the same kind of thing as a form of life, but the hinge is crucial to there being a form of life in the first place. =====...
Yes, that is when someone says “add 2+2”. That is different to someone saying "2+2=4". ===============================================================...
Exactly, my concept of “beetle” must be different to yours because we have lived different lives in different countries and have had different experie...
Yes, the meaning of a word depends on its context. In a zoo, “frog” means “a short-bodied, tailless amphibian vertebrates”, but with one’s wife it cou...
Wittgenstein never said that we had no inner feelings. PI 257 What would it be like if human beings shewed no outward signs of pain (did not groan, gr...
A child hears their parent say “toy” and sees them pick up a toy. Already the child has a concept of “toy”, because they have heard "toy" and seen a t...
This makes sense within a Form of Life, but the philosophical problem is how do we choose between different Forms of Life. Within a Form of Life For a...
Suppose we make any rule, which we agree to follow. But we need another rule that we agree to follow the rules. But we need another rule that we agree...
Chess has rules and society has laws that are consciously made by humans They say that we are living in a rule-governed universe that operates accordi...
In language there is the word “freedom”, and although it is commonly used, I agree that it has no publicly accepted meaning, concept or definition. As...
It seems to me that there are two aspects regarding concepts and rules. I agree that there are rules as to how a concept should be used in language (w...
I agree that ostension is one aspect of language. As I wrote: However I disagree that Augustinian ostension may be totally ignored by language, as inf...
I agree that it is sometimes possible to know the cause of a broken window, in that someone may have filmed it, but it is impossible to know the inner...
I agree that we have the concept of “freedom” and there are rules as to how the word “freedom” is correctly used in language (rules as to what the con...
It depends what rules you are referring to. I agree that we have the concept of “stone” and there are rules as to how the word “stone” is correctly us...
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