Anthony Quinton on Ludwig Wittgenstein: Section 5

Bryan Magee talks with Anthony Quinton about the two incommensurable views of Wittgenstein: his logical view of language and his somewhat pragmatic view of language.

Section 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwNdgnC9uUI

Section 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbZixG6-vqM

Section 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW2cWEt4NLQ

Section 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Z2fDp6e04

Section 5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tktTfzAR7RM

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Bryan
• Magee
• Antony
• Quinton
• Ludwig
• Wittgenstein
• Language
• Logic
• Logical
• Positivism

[portoxali]

great discussion as usuall, thanks for sharing flame!

[antiyank4u]

thankyou flame0430

[GoldenRatio2]

Both Quinton and later, Searle, in their respective analysis of Wittgenstein's philosophical work, arrive at strikingly similar conclusions with regard to its strengths and weaknesses and the impact it has had upon other fields of research. Interesting.

[24foxstar]

I have an acute pain in my left knee, a pronounced desire for a cup of tea, and a wish that it was Friday.

[andmaketherain]

I would have been a great discourse between Mr. Quinton and Mr. Wittgenstein.

[Brockhad]

It would be nice if someone looked to create a synthesis of Wittgensteins earlier and later works. Yes, there is the atomism of names as seen by formal definitions, and then his language games that could be better characterized by sociology's symbolic interactionism. From this, I almost think I come away with that philosophy can only obfuscate the language games we play which only seem to point to something we can't speak on! o_0

[MGX890]

@burf69 lol

[burf69]

Now I finally know how I want to decorate my living room.

[skinnerddd]

thank you so much for all of these postings.

I find them most interesting, educational and clear.

[BucketOfMe]

I think that's sort of implied in the programme. Using BM's knot analogy: we learn and change by unravelling the knots in the language itself. By loosing the knots we open ourselves to new ways of looking at things.

Persuasion is another's arguments helping us to loose the knots in our own language.

In that sense learning is a kind of active philosophy.

[Hallibutbouy]

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