The method of language-games as a method of logic

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Kuusela, Oskari ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9345-9499 (2014) The method of language-games as a method of logic. Philosophical Topics, 42 (2). ISSN 2154-154X

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This paper develops an account of Wittgenstein's method of language-games as a method of logic that exhibits important continuities with Russell's and the early Wittgenstein's conceptions of logic and logical analysis as the method of philosophy. On the proposed interpretation, the method of language-games is a method for isolating and modeling aspects of the uses of linguistic expressions embedded in human activities that enables one to make perspicuous complex uses of expressions by gradually building up the complexity of clarificatory models. Wittgenstein's introduction of the language-game method constitutes an attempt to overcome certain limitations of calculus-based logical methods, and to respond in this way to problems with Russell's and his own early philosophy of logic. The method is nevertheless compatible with the employment of calculus-based methods in logic and philosophy, and makes no exclusive claim to being the correct method.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Philosophy
Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Wittgenstein
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Date Deposited: 04 Oct 2016 12:00
Last Modified: 29 Aug 2023 15:30
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/60635
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