Single Idea 23450

[catalogued under 19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning]

Full Idea

Wittgenstein's later work rejects the central thesis of the Tractatus's philosophy of language, that the form of language is the same as the form of the world.

Gist of Idea

Wittgenstein rejected his earlier view that the form of language is the form of the world

Source

report of Ludwig Wittgenstein (Philosophical Investigations [1952]) by Michael Morris - Guidebook to Wittgenstein's Tractatus Intro.4

Book Reference

Morris,Michael: 'Guidebook to Wittgenstein's Tractatus' [Routledge 2008], p.12


A Reaction

I associate the earlier view with the stoic belief that nature is wholly rational, and that our reasoning can match it. I take it for granted that language largely matches the world, but we must explain why so many people believe absurdities.