tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488351.post-1160064505722521882006-10-05T11:49:00.000-04:002006-10-09T14:47:32.700-04:00Below is a list of some of the terms and ideas we have been studying. This list is intended only as a starting point for your study, not as a comprehensive guide.<br /><br />Saint Augustine (1)<br />shopkeeper example (1)<br />builder language example (2 ff)<br />“to imagine a language means to imagine a form of life” (19)<br />language games (7)<br />meaning as use (43)<br />family resemblance (67)<br />arguments against words as names of objects (e.g 27)<br />“Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.” (109-123)<br />relationship between thought and language (327-341)<br />teapot example (297)<br />“beetle” example (293)<br />“understanding” (150-155)<br />“pain” (246 ff)<br />arguments against solipsism (e.g. 24)<br />arguments against private language (269 ff)<br />Other comparisons between Wittgenstein’s views on language and knowledge and those of Plato, Descartes, John Wilkins, and Foucault are also possible.DJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05264853287687189671noreply@blogger.com