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Full Idea
Every explanation of a rule could conceivably be misunderstood.
Gist of Idea
No rule can be fully explained
Source
Saul A. Kripke (Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language [1982], 3)
Book Ref
Kripke,Saul: 'Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language' [Blackwell 1993], p.82
A Reaction
This is Kripke's summary of what he takes to be Wittgenstein's scepticism about rules.
| 6165 | Every course of action can either accord or conflict with a rule, so there is no accord or conflict [Wittgenstein] |
| 4143 | One cannot obey a rule 'privately', because that is a practice, not the same as thinking one is obeying [Wittgenstein] |
| 7092 | If individuals can't tell if they are following a rule, how does a community do it? [Grayling on Wittgenstein] |
| 4158 | An 'inner process' stands in need of outward criteria [Wittgenstein] |
| 19269 | 'Quus' means the same as 'plus' if the ingredients are less than 57; otherwise it just produces 5 [Kripke] |
| 19271 | No rule can be fully explained [Kripke] |