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Wittgenstein. The Philosophical Investigations I

Mark Thorsby 27,070 7 years ago
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In this video, Professor Thorsby discusses offers an overview of the first few sections of the Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein. This represents Wittgenstein later work in which he adopts a very different view regarding the meaningfulness of propositions. Rather tRoughly speaking, this video introduces §1-75 of the first part of the text. Not all arguments are covered, but the major concepts are noted, including: Language-games Family Resemblances Ostensive Definitions Naming The "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus" is not covered. For a much greater review of his work see https://books.google.com/books?id=bisiGaxtIlcC&lpg=PP1&dq=wittgenstein&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=wittgenstein&f=false

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