Language Games Flashcards
What did German philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein claim?
All language, including RL, is anti-realist
What is meant by anti-realist
Statements are not intended to be true or false for everyone, but only those people who are within that form of life
What did Wittgenstein claim all language was and basic explanation
a game
- in every form of life words are used in the context of the subject area
- each form of life has its own language and rules concerning meaning
What is the language used? explain this
Non-cognitive
- it is not about making universally true statements but about communicating meaning to the other players in the same game
Language can be correctly or incorrectly used within the rules of the game but what is it’s primary purpose not to do?
make factual statements
The player of one language game cannot criticise the player of another or enter the game without first doing what?
Learning the rules or language of that form of life
Wittgenstein said that each game has it’s own what?
Criteria of coherence
- which can only be understood by playing the right game by the right rules
Wittgenstein stated that when we use religious language it is meaningful for people who are?
In the religious language game
People who aren’t in the religious language game will hear religious language statements and what?
Misunderstand
What did Wittgenstein call this misunderstanding
A category mistake
