In his final notebooks, published as On Certainty, Wittgenstein offers a distinctive conception of the nature of reasons. Central to this conception is the idea that at the heart of our rational practices are essentially arational commitments. This proposal marks a powerful challenge to the standard picture of the structure of reasons. In particular, it has been thought that this account might ...

The model of memory as a store, from which records can be retrieved, is taken for granted by many contemporary researchers. On this view, memories are stored by memory traces, which represent the original event and provide a causal link between that episode and one's ability to remember it. I argue that this seemingly plausible model leads to an unacceptable conception of the relationship betwe...

Analytic philosophy and modern logic are intimately connected, both historically and systematically. Thinkers such as Frege, Russell, and Wittgenstein were major contributors to the early development of both; and the fruitful use of modern logic in addressing philosophical problems was, and still is, definitive for large parts of the analytic tradition. More specifically, Frege's analysis of th...

In the text it will be attempted to prove existence of a tradition expressivism in form normative social functionalism as common denominator for position or positions taken by later Wittgenstein and Wilfrid Sellars regards questions objectivity normativity lingustic meaning, presented answers problem rule following. formulates following at approximately same time does Wittgenstein. Also, Sellar...

Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk menggali pemikiran Language Games Ludwig Wittgenstein yang sekiranya sesuai merawat dunia politik Indonesia. Pada era post-truth ini, Indonesia sebagai bangsa plural sedang diterjang fenomena identitas dengan mengusung isu keagamaan. Kebenaran tidak lagi mudah dikenali secara objektif karena adanya unsur kepentingan berkedok identitas, dalihnya melibatkan aspek emosi...

Em uma das conversas com o ex-aluno e amigo Maurice Drury, Wittgenstein disse a seguinte frase: “Eu não sou um homem religioso, mas consigo deixar de ver todo problema partir ponto vista religioso”. Drury sentiu-se impressionado frase. livro lembranças diz que sentença levanta possibilidade existam dimensões do pensamento estejam ainda amplamente ignoradas. Hoje, contudo, cenário é pouco difere...

It has been much debated whether the Tractarian objects are what Russell would have called particulars or whether they include also properties and relations. This paper claims that the debate is misguided: there is no logical category such that Wittgenstein intended the reader of the Tractatus to understand his objects either as providing examples of or as not providing examples of that categor...