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Wittgenstein's Theory of Linguistic Self-Sufficiency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2010

J. F. M. Hunter
J. F. M. Hunter
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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In the first part of this paper I will outline a feature of Wittgenstein's later views which has not to my knowledge been much noticed. In the second part I will suggest some light that it casts on two main Wittgensteinian themes. In the third part I will offer some critical ruminations.

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Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , December 1967 , pp. 367 - 378
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Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 1967

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1 All references, unless otherwise specified, are to the Philosophical Investigations. Sections in Part I will be referred to as above. Pages in Part II will be indicated e.g., by “II: 222.”

2 The point is, presumably, that when one learns this way, one has not (always) formulated rules.

3 Wittgenstein makes points of this kind in other contexts: e.g., in 33, 376, 646, and II: 211, 218.