philosophy is i know not what by wittgenstien. discuss?

Answer 1

If you have ever asked yourself any of these questions, then your are on your way to becoming a philosopher!. Wittgenstein thought that all meaning in language depends upon how words are used. He talked about "languages games", meaning that language has certain rules were broken "language goes on vacation". Wittgenstein was very fond of the children's books Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass. They are packed full of examples that show how meaning can be turned upside down when the rules of language are broken.
According to Wittgenstein. any philosophical claim to knowledge of absolute thruth is nonsense, a perfect example of "language on vacation". He said his philosophy was like a ladder to climb and then discard.

Did you know Wittgenstein studied to be an engineer, he invented a propeller. He was very secretive about his work and kept it locked in a safe. He was brilliant, charming, arrogant, rude,witty, brave, and frequently suicidal.

"The limits of my language are the limits of my reality"- Ludwig Wittegenstein.

Answer 2

What is the question? I think if ou rephrased it with good grammar, people would understand what you were trying to ask, and be able to answer it. Which is quite ironic really.

Ludwig Wittgenstein is one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, and regarded by some as the most important since Immanuel Kant. This work culminated in the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, the only philosophy book that Wittgenstein published during his lifetime. It claimed to solve all the major problems of philosophy and was held in especially high esteem by the anti-metaphysical logical positivists.

The Tractatus is based on the idea that philosophical problems arise from misunderstandings of the logic of language- a bit like you question, and it tries to show what this logic is.

Wittgenstein's later work, principally his Philosophical Investigations, shares this concern with logic and language, but takes a different, less technical, approach to philosophical problems. This book helped to inspire so-called ordinary language philosophy. This style of doing philosophy has fallen somewhat out of favour, but Wittgenstein's work on rule-following and private language is still considered important, and his later philosophy is influential in a growing number of fields outside philosophy.

Answer 3

Philosophy is a pursuit that is easy to recognise but hard to define. Traditionally one of the best definitions (or at least descriptions) of philosophy has been "What Plato did".

Wittgenstein revolutionised philosophy in the 20th century. He showed that those things that used to be described as "all in the mind" are really "all in the language".

"What Wittgenstein did" is an equally good answer to the question, "What is philosophy?"

Answer 4

I suppose you mean Wittgenstein. For him philosophy was language, and language was philosophy, until he realised one fine day that what he really wanted to express could not be said, or written or even, in a sense, thought. In other words, what he strove to know was unknowable. So he took up golf. (Just joking!)

Answer 5

explain;philosophy is i know not what