Single Idea 6166

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

Full Idea

There are two interpretations of Wittgenstein here: the community interpretation sees error in a rule between the individual and the community, where the individual interpretation sees the problem between repeated occasions in the use of a sign.

Gist of Idea

Was Wittgenstein's problem between individual and community, or between occasions for an individual?

Source

comment on Ludwig Wittgenstein (Philosophical Investigations [1952], §202) by Mark Rowlands - Externalism Ch.5

Book Reference

Rowlands,Mark: 'Externalism' [Acumen 2003], p.93


A Reaction

Rowlands brings out how a lot hangs on which of these two interpretations we opt for, but also that if the individual has a problem, this may logically imply the same problem for the community. The individual interpretation would be a deeper problem.