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Commentary on Wittgenstein’s Brown Book (pg 171, comment #19)
Wittgenstein discusses the deceptive way in which philosophy attempts to resolve the “peculiar” way in which names designate objects. When we think of a method of designation as the correlating of an … more →
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Commentary on Wittgenstein’s Brown Book (pg 171, comment #19)
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David wrote 4 months ago: Wittgenstein discusses the deceptive way in which philosophy attempts to resolve the “peculiar” way … more →
The emergence of an old problem: if there's a problem with a reductio, what do you call it?
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David wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been attempting to finish a midterm in one of my classes before July 4th rolls around. I … more →
'Language as representational' on my mind
David wrote 2 years ago: Is language representational? The question might be more carefully phrased as, need all languages b … more →
Response to de Villiers' Language for Thought: Coming to Understand False Belief
David wrote 2 years ago: The following is a short response I wrote to de Villiers and de Villiers’ Language for Thought … more →
Support for 'theories of propositional attitudes and their objects'? I think not
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David wrote 2 years ago: 8.What is the point of Wittgenstein’s claim that ‘it is in language that an expectation … more →
Is it reasonable to categorize Wittgenstein's 'voices'?
David wrote 2 years ago: In attempting to bring clarity to an extremely confused text, Louis Shawver at http://users.rcn.com/ … more →
"Language Games": Blue vs. Brown
David wrote 2 years ago: It really is amazing how much different Wittgenstein’s conception of language games appears on … more →
Problems with testing the 'linguistic relativity' position
David wrote 2 years ago: I’m currently enrolled in a course that has focused mostly on the linguistic relativity positi … more →
Characteristics of voluntary and involuntary acts
David wrote 2 years ago: In The Brown Book (p.152), Wittgenstein asks us to compare different cases of voluntary vs. involunt … more →
Link to Wittgenstein's Obituary
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David wrote 2 years ago: Simon van Rysewyk, author of Wittgenstein Forum, has very nicely uploaded a PDF of Wittgenstein … more →
A chapter out of my thesis: Searle's Intentionality
David wrote 2 years ago: Searle’s Intentionality Searle begins with the idea that “the philosophy of language is a branch o … more →
A Critique of Horgan’s Identity for Phenomenal State-types and Neurophysiological State-types
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David wrote 2 years ago: Terence Horgan, in “Functionalism, Qualia, and the Inverted Spectrum,” prescribes a view of the mind … more →
"The case of infinitely many propositions following from a single one"
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David wrote 2 years ago: The case of infinitely many propositions following from a single one Is it impossible that infinitel … more →
Does Brentano's characterization of intentionality presuppose a certain grammar?
David wrote 2 years ago: Does Brentano’s definition of intentionality as intentional inexistence presuppose a subject-o … more →
Thinking and Looking-Commentary on The Blue Book
David wrote 2 years ago: How can one think what is not the case? That’s a great example of a philosophical question and … more →
Commentary on Philosophical Grammar, p.55, comment 17
David wrote 2 years ago: “For instance, the sign for negation: P T | F F | W is worth no more and no less than any othe … more →
Wittgenstein meets online gaming worlds
David wrote 2 years ago: I’d like to partake in a bit of an exercise. The exercise will consist in describing the sorts … more →
Pointing Fingers and Feeling Pain: Part I of Wittgenstein on mental and physical localities
David wrote 2 years ago: PART I: The following post consists in notes I have taken on a section in The Blue Book. Here, Wit … more →
Wittgenstein's transitional period: attack on the "mental episodes theory"
David wrote 2 years ago: Richard Miller’s “Wittgenstein in Transition: A Review of the Philosophical Grammar … more →
