How Do Language Games Work?
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Andreas Roser
Abstract
The article examines Wittgenstein’s theory of language games and identifies unresolved problems in its conception. Although language games are contextdependent and embedded in “forms of life”, those questions that result from random events and their repeated description remain unresolved. The author points out the problems of asymmetry in the “usage theory of meaning” from different perspectives. Problems that arise because the relationship between the regulated use of signs and non-derivable random events cannot be part of a set of rules for their description.
Abstract
The article examines Wittgenstein’s theory of language games and identifies unresolved problems in its conception. Although language games are contextdependent and embedded in “forms of life”, those questions that result from random events and their repeated description remain unresolved. The author points out the problems of asymmetry in the “usage theory of meaning” from different perspectives. Problems that arise because the relationship between the regulated use of signs and non-derivable random events cannot be part of a set of rules for their description.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Table of Contents V
- Vindicating Language Games: An Introduction 1
- The Non-Epistemic Model of Certainty in Wittgenstein’s Perspective 19
- How Do Language Games Work? 35
- Wittgenstein’s Concept of Language Games from a Linguistic and Analytical Perspective 61
- Language Games, Unresolved Problems 91
- Are Beliefs Social Realities? 121
- Chess and Chess960: Language Games, Forms of Life, and Negotiation 139
- Abbreviations of Wittgenstein’s Works 171
- List of Contributors 175
- Index of Names 177
- Subject Index 179
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Table of Contents V
- Vindicating Language Games: An Introduction 1
- The Non-Epistemic Model of Certainty in Wittgenstein’s Perspective 19
- How Do Language Games Work? 35
- Wittgenstein’s Concept of Language Games from a Linguistic and Analytical Perspective 61
- Language Games, Unresolved Problems 91
- Are Beliefs Social Realities? 121
- Chess and Chess960: Language Games, Forms of Life, and Negotiation 139
- Abbreviations of Wittgenstein’s Works 171
- List of Contributors 175
- Index of Names 177
- Subject Index 179
