Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Bryan van Norden, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski

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19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories
How do words refer to sensations? [Wittgenstein]
     Full Idea: How do words refer to sensations?
     From: Ludwig Wittgenstein (Philosophical Investigations [1952], §244)
     A reaction: A very nice question, to be remembered when discussing how we refer to beauty, gold, water or the present King of France.
19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference
The standard metre in Paris is neither one metre long nor not one metre long [Wittgenstein]
     Full Idea: There is one thing of which one can say neither that it is one metre long, nor that it is not one metre long, and that is the standard metre in Paris.
     From: Ludwig Wittgenstein (Philosophical Investigations [1952], §050)
     A reaction: The remark which inspired Kripke's causal theory. Clearly W. is wrong, because it is one metre long, but why is it that length?