Ideas from 'The Blue and Brown Notebooks' by Ludwig Wittgenstein [1936], by Theme Structure

[found in 'The Blue and Brown Notebooks' by Wittgenstein,Ludwig (ed/tr Rhees,Rush) [Harper Colophon 1965,0-06-090451-8]].

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16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 3. Reference of 'I'

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'I' is a subject in 'I am in pain' and an object in 'I am bleeding'

			Full Idea: 'I' is used as a subject in 'I am in pain', ....and used as an object in 'I am bleeding'.
			From: report of Ludwig Wittgenstein (The Blue and Brown Notebooks [1936], pp. 66-7) by Colin McGinn - Subjective View: sec qualities and indexicals 4
			A reaction: How about 'my wound is painful'? Does that have the logical form of a conversation? This idea is incorrect. Shoemaker (1968) suggests that the subjective use is immune to error, unlike the object use.

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / b. Indeterminate translation

6318	The doctrine of indeterminacy of translation seems implied by the later Wittgenstein

			Full Idea: Perhaps the doctrine of indeterminacy of translation will have little air of paradox for readers familiar with Wittgenstein's latter-day remarks on meaning.
			From: report of Ludwig Wittgenstein (The Blue and Brown Notebooks [1936], II.§16 n) by Willard Quine - Word and Object II.§16 n
			A reaction: This may be right, and I am inclined to link the names of Wittgenstein and Quine among those who led philosophy up a relativistic and sceptical cul-de-sac for many years. You can think too hard, you know.