Particular and general: Wittgenstein, linguistic rules and context
Particular and general: Wittgenstein, linguistic rules and context
Wittgenstein held two views which appear to be - and have been taken by many to be - incompatible. First, the meaning of an expression is determined by a general rule governing its employment. Second, what is expressed in the utterance of an expression is determined by the particular circumstances on that occasion. In this paper, I attempt to vindicate Wittgenstein's apparent willingness to maintain both positions by arguing that they are not in tension and by rejecting arguments designed to show otherwise.
wittgenstein, language, linguistic, rule, context, contextualism, meaning
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Whiting, Daniel
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22 January 2010
Whiting, Daniel
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Whiting, Daniel
(2010)
Particular and general: Wittgenstein, linguistic rules and context.
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Whiting, Daniel
(ed.)
The Later Wittgenstein on Language.
(Philosophers in Depth)
London, UK.
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Wittgenstein held two views which appear to be - and have been taken by many to be - incompatible. First, the meaning of an expression is determined by a general rule governing its employment. Second, what is expressed in the utterance of an expression is determined by the particular circumstances on that occasion. In this paper, I attempt to vindicate Wittgenstein's apparent willingness to maintain both positions by arguing that they are not in tension and by rejecting arguments designed to show otherwise.
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Published date: 22 January 2010
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In this paper, I use the standard abbreviations for Wittgenstein's texts.
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wittgenstein, language, linguistic, rule, context, contextualism, meaning
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