Wittgenstein and Language Games
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- Wittgenstein and Language Games
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
- 1889-1951
- Austrian philosopher who taught at Cambridge University
- A student of Bertrand Russell
- Only published one work in his lifetime - 'Tractatus Logico - Philosophius'
- There are '2 Wittgensteins' - Early and Later
- Language Games
- 1.For Wittgenstein language is a game and talking or writing about different things is playing a different game
- 2. Words have literal meaning from the dictionary, but depending on the game they mean different things
- 3. Different concepts (e.g. science, religion, poetry, football) have different 'Forms of Life'
- The meaning of words are different depending on which form of life is discussed
- Some argue that 'Forms of Life' are broad but some argue that they are narrow
- The meaning of words are different depending on which form of life is discussed
- Don Cupitt's Non-Cognitive Analysis of Wittgenstein
- 1. God is not an objective thing in reality (non-realism)
- 2. There is no understanding outside of the language game about God
- This seems to misinterpret what Wittgenstein said about us constantly learning new games and rules in order to converse and understand people
- There is question about whether Wittgenstein's theory of language games should interpreted as cognitive or non-cognitive
- Cognitive: what religious language is talking about is real
- Non-Cognitive: what religious language is talking about in not real (does not correspond to anything in reality)
- D.Z. Phillips' Cognitive Analysis of Wittgenstein
- 3. Religion and science are different forms of life therefore we cannot use the same rules to talk about both disciplines
- 2. We can learn the rules but belief is different to prove and so leads to difference of opinions
- 1. God is an objective thing in reality (realism)
- God is a different thing to everything other thing in reality and so cannot be subject to scientific discovery
- There is question about whether Wittgenstein's theory of language games should interpreted as cognitive or non-cognitive
- Cognitive: what religious language is talking about is real
- Non-Cognitive: what religious language is talking about in not real (does not correspond to anything in reality)
- Analogy or Language Games
- Aquinas vs Wittgenstein
- In terms of religious language, Aquinas is specifically using analogy to address the problem of the terms we use about God
- Wittgenstein's language games is more about what language does and how we see language
- Both Aquinas and Wittgenstein were concerned with conceptual duty
- They also both focus on the operation of language which leads to understanding - Anthony Kenny
- Aquinas vs Wittgenstein
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
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