[lbo-talk] Empathy and difficulty (Was Re: High Hat . . .)

[Miles Jackson]

joanna wrote:
> Miles Jackson wrote:
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>> Wittgenstein is appropriate here, in a different way than you suggest.
>>
>> When Wittgenstein wants to analyze language, he does not accept the 
>> common-sense views of how language works (e.g., the "picture theory" of 
>> language).  Instead, he ruthlessly rejected that common-sense view of 
>> language to get at a more interesting and thorough analysis of language 
>> use.  The fact that his view of language conflicts with common sense is 
>> irrelevant to the validity of his claims.
>>
>>     
> It's not really a "common-sense" view of language he rejected. Rather it 
> was the consensual view of academicians.
>
>
> Joanna
>
>   
I have to agree with Wittgenstein: that's a distinction without a 
difference.  (Okay, now I'll admit I'm being condescending--about 
academicians!)

Miles