Wittgenstein on Private Language, Sensation and Perception, 9781108931175
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Unpack Wittgenstein’s private language critique: sensations, perception, and meaning.
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Unlocking Wittgenstein: Private Language, Sensation, and Perception

Wittgenstein’s critique of private language in the Philosophical Investigations doesn’t aim to refute the possibility of a private sensation-language, nor does it aim to establish that language is intrinsically social.

Instead, PI §§243–315 presents a series of arguments, suggestions, questions, examples and thought-experiments intended to undermine the temptation to think of sensations and perceptual experi…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781108931175
ISBN-10:1108931170
Series:Elements in the Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein
Author:Michael Hymers
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Imprint:Cambridge University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:75
Release Date:31 October 2025
Weight:250g

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