Sunday, February 9, 2014

Language and Content

According to one common concept of it, Language has 'content', i. e. its Meaning.  So, Wittgenstein not only de-mystifies that concept, he everts it.  For, in his Language-Game model, what any conversation is 'about' is the participants, things, actions, etc., in which it is imbedded.  Thus, in other words, the Meaning of Language is not contained in it; rather--Language is contained in its Meaning, according to Wittgenstein.

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