Author Topic: Do Wittgensteinian word games free us or enslave us?  (Read 1070 times)

Nearly Sane

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Do Wittgensteinian word games free us or enslave us?
« on: January 26, 2017, 08:36:35 AM »
Undoubtedly the most important subject ever. Read; Understand?


https://aeon.co/ideas/how-playing-wittgensteinian-language-games-can-set-us-free
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Re: Do Wittgensteinian word games free us or enslave us?
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2017, 08:41:28 AM »
Like it.  :)
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Dicky Underpants

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Re: Do Wittgensteinian word games free us or enslave us?
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2017, 05:19:24 PM »
Undoubtedly the most important subject ever. Read; Understand?


https://aeon.co/ideas/how-playing-wittgensteinian-language-games-can-set-us-free

So, Nearly Sane was like "Read; understand?" And I was like, "Maybe I'll, like, have a look" - after all, Bertrand Russell was like "He's a genius" and Marcuse was like "He's stupid". So, like, I had a look and I when I, like, saw this sentence, I was like "Hallo!"

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Language is contingent and provisional, so language-games can’t but be open to change, in numerous ways.

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