Abstract
In “Wittgenstein in relation to his times” von Wrightl poses a dilemma regarding the relationship between three Wittgensteinian tenets;
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the view that individual’s beliefs and thoughts are entrenched in accepted language games and socially sanctioned forms of life;
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the view that “philosophical problems are disquietudes of the mind caused by some malfunctioning in the language games, and hence in the way of life of the community”;
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the “rejection of the scientific-technological civilisation of industrialised societies”.
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Penco, C. (1999). Wittgenstein in Relation to Our Times. In: Egidi, R. (eds) In Search of a New Humanism. Synthese Library, vol 282. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1852-3_3
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