Titel
Philosophical Concepts, the Ideal of Sublimation, and the “Unpredictability of Human Behaviour”
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Abstract
Wittgenstein famously criticizes the philosophical practice of analyzing the meaning of words outside their ordinary use in everyday language, whereby often self-made pseudo-problems arise. In order to shed further light on Wittgenstein’s critique, this article makes use of the Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology. First, starting from the remark in Vol. I, §52, his criticism of the philosophical method of selection and generalization is explained in detail. Next, I give a brief outline of Wittgenstein’s own way of philosophizing by reference to a selection of comments concerning the use of psychological words in everyday language, which will also further elucidate his critique. Finally, I enter into the question which (kind of) significance everyday language according to Wittgenstein has for philosophy.
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Sprache
Englisch [eng]
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Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy
Band
9
Ausgabe
4
ISSN
2159-0303
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Publication
Department of Philosophy, University of Victoria
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
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