World mind and language a wittgensteinian study

By Ahmed Nazneen

AN OVERIEW OF WITTGENSTEIN'S PHILOSOPHY: Ludwig Joseph Johann Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was born in Vienna, Austria. He dominates the analytic philosophy of the Twentieth century. Analytic philosophy is essentially connected with linguistic analysis. Philosophical problems are solved by looking into the workings of our language and this view is known as the linguistic turn. Linguistic turn can be divided into two phases. The first phase is related with analysis of language which is called Formal language. It consists of symbolic or Logically Perfect Language. The second phase is related with analysis of ordinary or natural language. It is our everyday language. Considering this two phases of language, philosophers are also divided into two groups. The first group which deals with formal language is followed by philosophers like Russell, Frege, early Wittgenstein, and many other logical positivists such as Schlick, Carnap etc. The other group which deals with ordinary languages includes philosophers like later Wittgenstein, Ryle, Strawson, Austin etc. Let us have a glimpse of Wittgenstein's early and later philosophy in the discussion below. 1.2 WITTGENSTEIN'S EARLY PHILOSOPHY: Wittgenstein as an analytic philosopher put emphasis on philosophy of language. He completed two great works which seems opposite to each other. They are Tractatus Logico Philosophicus and Philosophical Investigations. Although these two works were different in their view still we can find certain similarities between them. In his early philosophy, Wittgenstein has completed Tractatus in 1921. At that time Wittgenstein's main concern was with representation of language, nature of thought and logic. However, 1,

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 7074511242
• ISBN13: 9787074511243
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Ahmed Faraz Hussain
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"