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Wittgenstein on Metaphysical\textfractionsolidus{}Everyday Use

Gordon P. Baker

Philosophical Quarterly 52 (208):289-302 (2002)

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From metaphysics and philosophical theses to grammar: Wittgenstein's turn.Oskari Kuusela - 2005 - Philosophical Investigations 28 (2):95–133.details The paper discusses Wittgenstein's conception of philosophy as devoid of theses. Although already the _Tractatus aims to abandon philosophical theses, it relapses to such theses. In his later work Wittgenstein develops a novel conception of the status of philosophical statements. Rather than to state what his object of investigation, e.g., the use of a word, must be, the philosopher is to employ rules, examples etc., as 'objects of comparison'. A philosophical statement does not describe a necessity in reality. The modality (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 4 citations

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