Single Idea 4136

[catalogued under 19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language]

Full Idea

To imagine a language means to imagine a form of life.

Gist of Idea

To imagine a language means to imagine a form of life

Source

Ludwig Wittgenstein (Philosophical Investigations [1952], §019)

Book Reference

Wittgenstein,Ludwig: 'Philosophical Investigations', ed/tr. Anscombe,E. [Blackwell 1972], p.8


A Reaction

I take this to be about the transparency of language, but it supports meaning as truth conditions, rather than as use.