Bridging the Gulf between Wittgenstein's Works: A Matter of Showing

• Authors: Mark Sultana
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper, I take three snapshots of Wittgenstein's philosophical work in order to jot a few notes on the issue of the continuity in his philosophy. I use Wittgenstein's distinction between what can be 'said' and what can only be “shown” in order to highlight Wittgenstein's continual insistence that our basic relation with reality is seamless. I propose that Wittgenstein holds, throughout his philosophical career, that our thinking does not stop short of the world. In brief, I suggest that Wittgenstein would note that our natural history is largely what the mediaevals would call second nature.

Keywords

EN

natural history; philosophy of language; reality; thinking; Wittgenstein, Ludwig

• Publisher: Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie
• Journal: Forum Philosophicum
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 207-225

Dates

published

2007

Contributors

author

Mark Sultana

• University of Malta

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