Talk:Philosophical Investigations
From Academic Kids
Template:Todo1It would be useful to explain in depth Language games, Family resemblance.
It would also be good to talk a little about the history of the PI. All I remember off the top of my head is: W worked on it for many years, but it was only published after W's death. And it was translated into english at W's request by to G. E. M. (Elizabeth) Anscombe -- who eventually took over W's chair at Cambridge. -- Mark Christensen
Anyway, if you don't want to do it, I can find someone from a mailing list or newsgroup who can discuss this further. --LMS
If you are going to get some W person involved, I actually think the text on the PI page is worth fixing (it's quick but not really loose like the text on ambiguity was), but I really think this is't worth taking time over. Though I do think that eventually some reference to a criteque of the "negative" view of ambiguity the article expresses is in order. By negative view, I mean the common practice of treating ambiguity as though it is something to be stomped out when possible. And though I think precision is usually extreemly valuable, I do think it can sometimes be a problem.
Private Language
Wittgenstein's "Private Language" argument should be discussed, as well as his "beetle-in-the-box" thought-experiment, as those are recurring issues in philosophy. --Wikiwikifast
- That would certainly be great. Unfortunately, I only know those arguments by association, and I think the number of wikipedians who could give an adequate explanation of it are slim. Do you think you could whip something up? — Adam Conover † 22:04, Apr 10, 2004 (UTC)
- I took "beetle in a box" off the main W page and added it here, where it seems more appropriate. It reads like a direct quotation - is it? If so, that should be made clear.
