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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.
| 7305 | Kripke's Wittgenstein says meaning 'vanishes into thin air' [Kripke, by Miller,A] |
| 11076 | Community implies assertability-conditions rather than truth-conditions semantics [Kripke, by Hanna] |
| 11075 | The sceptical rule-following paradox is the basis of the private language argument [Kripke, by Hanna] |
| 19270 | If you ask what is in your mind for following the addition rule, meaning just seems to vanish [Kripke] |
| 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] |