Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language

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Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language is Saul Kripke’s influential interpretation of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s later philosophy, especially concerning rule-following, meaning, and the possibility of a private language.

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instanceOf non-fiction book
philosophy book
academicDiscipline philosophy
philosophy of language
philosophy of mind
associatedWith Kripkenstein
author Saul Kripke
basedOn Philosophical Investigations
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
discusses normativity of meaning
private language argument
skeptical paradox about addition ('quus' example)
focusesOn Wittgenstein's later philosophy
meaning as use
possibility of a private language
rule-following considerations in Philosophical Investigations
genre analytic philosophy
epistemology
philosophy of language
hasInterpretiveStance skeptical interpretation of rule-following
hasKeyConcept community standards in rule-following
indeterminacy of meaning under purely individualistic accounts
meaning determined by past usage
hasReputation controversial interpretation of Wittgenstein
highly influential in Wittgenstein scholarship
influenced contemporary philosophy of language
debates on meaning and normativity
discussions of semantic skepticism
interpretations of Wittgenstein
language English
mainSubject Kripkenstein interpretation
Ludwig Wittgenstein
meaning
private language
rule-following
skeptical paradox about rules
notableFor argument about the impossibility of a purely private language
influential secondary literature on Wittgenstein
skeptical reading of Wittgenstein on rules
periodDiscussed 20th-century analytic philosophy
proposes skeptical solution to the rule-following paradox
publicationYear 1982
publisher Harvard University Press
targetAudience advanced students of philosophy
professional philosophers
title Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language self-link

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Saul Kripke notableWork Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language
Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language title Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language self-link