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3Now You’re Talking My Language. Wittgenstein Reads the Cratylus.In Herbert Hrachovec & Jakub Mácha (eds.), Platonism: Proceedings of the 43rd International Wittgenstein Symposium, De Gruyter. pp. 457-474. 2024.This paper critically examines Wittgenstein’s remarks on Cratylus in their Nachlass context. In the Big Typescript, Wittgenstein compares his conception of language with “what Socrates says” in the dialogue but provides only an indirect reference (434a). This presents an exegetical difficulty that is usually glossed over. What does Socrates say according to Wittgenstein? Based on a close study of MS 111, TS 211–213 and MS 114, I propose a literal interpretation of the remark. Wittgenstein uses S…Read more
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16Ilse Somavilla, Carl Humphries, Bożena Sieradzka-Baziur (Hrsg.): Wittgensteins Denkbewegungen (Tagebücher 1930 – 1932/1936 – 1937) aus interdisziplinärer Sicht. Innsbruck: Studienverlag 2019, 264 Seiten, 34,90 € (kartoniert), ISBN 978-3-7065-5591-3 (review)Wittgenstein-Studien 12 (1): 257-262. 2021.
Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München
PhD, 2023
Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Technology |
Ludwig Wittgenstein |