Wittgenstein: Notes and Commentaries

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On Notes and Commentaries

Mysterious the mechanisms of the mind, heh? So much so that we leave it to scientist to tell us

how we think....

Strange as that may seem it doesn't take much to de-mystify the occult like presence of thissubstantive - "the mind." How? Imaging and mental processing must be occurring up there,

maybe a metaphor you say? I think so......

The idea or the image in my mind gives rise to the meaning of the words when I speak or to thesentences that I write. False.Take this sentence: "He has in his hand an iphone 5." We feel as if though there is an image

processing in our minds that corresponds with this sentence.

Now if it were possible to simply replace this mental image with a painting, drawing or picturewhat would we stand to lose? Well, let's see.....

At the very end of this commentary I shall leave you with the sentence above the picture. Now,

for the sake of clarity when you look at the picture try to imagine how it would convey the

meaning to the sentence above it.It will immediately dawn on you that it does nothing to give the proposition any life. Where is

this prior connection vis a vis a picture of someone holding an iphone5 and the meaning it's

supposed to convey to the sentence.Soon you will realize that it does nothing for the sentence. The same goes for the mental image

we held in our head. You see, if this picture were to be a good replacement for the mental image

we had in our head then we should be able to see the futility in ascribing the meaning of a word

with an idea in your head.The meaning of the words in this sentence is merely how they are used in the sentence. That is

all.....

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Mar 30, 2013- Discussion

"- The current value for the speed of light (c) is equal to 299,792,458 ms-1.- The speed of lighthas been measured and verified several times over the course of the past 100 years.- In 1865 James Clerk Maxwell published: A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field.

Establishing the value of c by computation.

- In 1856 Rudolf Kohlrausch and Wilhelm Weber demonstrated the rationn of

electrostatic/magnetic units that matched the value of the then know speed of light (c).- In 1676 Roemer established a reliable value for speed of light (c) by measuring the light

emitted from the moons circling Jupiter.

- In 1638 Galileo described an experimental method to measure the speed of light by arrangingthat two observers, each having lanterns equipped with shutters, observe each other's lanterns at

some distance. He failed.

Bottom line: Beliefs can only be justified so far; beyond this one must act. Therefore,

justification does not come to an end in a set of basic beliefs which act as the propositionalfoundations for our knowledge. Justification comes to an end at some point... and this point is

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Mar 30, 2013- Discussion"What's on your mind? That's a misleading question. It's as if though Facebook is actually

pointing to a real thing.... called by us "mind."

Useful metaphor though it maybe it's use as designated object and indicative substantive is truly

astounding considering that there really isn't a shred of evidence to indicate otherwise.I'd like to call it what other great philosopher's coined it many years ago: "The ghost in the

machine.""

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Mar 30, 2013- Discussion"Give me an empirical proposition that you find to be of the highest order and I'll find you a

"frame of reference" that it can only adhere too......"

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Wittgenstein's "form of life" argument is a limiting case of what we can know about someoneand what that individual can only know about himself and the people surrounding him.

Because of this limiting case, we can only begin to surmise that distinct cultures are trulyseparate spheres of existence that one who stands outside them could never really comprehendunless one resides inside of the individual from that particular culture.

The sights, smells, flavors, gestures, religion, attitudes, values, norms and custom are somehow

intrinsically hardwired into the language and dialect of the culture in question.There is absolutely no way of going around this. It is like a finely woven net made of a particular

fabric or mesh. You cannot separate any threads or fibers without delving into confusion and

non-sense.

Sure, some will argue that there are programs like "Rosetta Stone" and classes that one can take.How about moving to a country and assimilating within that particular culture? How about that?

Couldn't we assimilate just as well?

Well, I think you could..superficially. However, there is no substitute for the tightly ingrainedtechnique of custom and training that one acquires and forms over the course of decades. Thereis no substitute but to recognize that different perspectives are as real as the forms of life that

construct these learned experiences. We can never really and truly understand how someone

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"Our beliefs whether they are religious narratives or historical narratives are the objectivecertainties that we are all endowed with at birth."

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Mar 30, 2013- Discussion"What I grapple with and what is the object of my central thoughts now is a new and overarching architectural concept regarding religious discourse and the world as we know it...."

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"What's amazing is that these narratives can never contradict one another. Each exist on adifferent plane of thought, one is empirical and the other is not...."

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"Can a lion think? How could we even begin to understand the world a lion inhabits. Mentalprocesses to be sure our not involved here. That's because that's a label that we as humans have

developed in order to better understand a useful metaphor that will forever be elusive to us.The question is more like: What does a lion do? Yet, scratch the underside of your chin for wecannot answer that question. Externally we see but meaning cannot be attached to their everyday

nuances. Why? Because we don't share a lion's world. Invert that idea now. How could a lion

understand us! It couldn't. Not because we think but because it would be non-sense to evenconsider the idea.

Stop. A lions does not lack conformity with our brains or should I say minds No. Get away from

this idea of "THINK." Physiology maybe, no not maybe. It is the case. We are not separated by

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"All that we can see clearly is what is in front of us and the language-games we play. Belief,

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""From it seeming to me - or to everyone to be so, it doesn't follow that it is so. What we can askis whether it can make sense to doubt it." (OC 2) Wittgenstein.

Here is my interpretation of this: What is it like to say you "know" something? We say "I

know..." But there are sometimes where using "know" is not sensible or for that matterallowable, primarily when it comes to doubt.

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""if you tried to doubt everything you would not get as far as doubting anything. The game ofdoubting itself presupposes certainty." W"

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Mar 30, 2013- Discussion"Reading: "Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough." In an illuminating passage W remarks:

"Frazer's account of the magical and religious views of mankind is unsatisfactory: it makes these

views look like errorrs.Was Augustine in error, then, when he called upon God on every page of the Confessions?

But - one might say - if he was not in error, surely the Buddhist holy man was - or anyone else -

whole religion gives expression to completely different views. But none of them was in error,except when he set forth a theory."

Sure, much can be made of that commentary but the fact is that I found it important in order to

demarcate it's intention between mythology and superstition.

Atheist and non-believers often tend to conflate superstition with "religious beliefs" draping it'spropositions in a mythological manner. But truth be told, religious belief is never in error since itis not based on fact , but instead on faith.

Wittgenstein's point was to make note of the fact that it can never be in error unless one purports

to prop its doctrine as a hypothesis. Once this occurs then we have crossed the line and venturedinto the ethereal realm of superstition...."Collapse this post

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Mar 30, 2013 (edited)- Discussion

"This is why philosophy has such an obscure and often confusing profile. Take for instanceAvital Ronell. At one point the director of the documentary: Astra Taylor asks: "Is philosophy a

search for meaning?" She goes on a five minute diatribe discussing the search for meaning interms that only serve to confuse the listener even further.It's not that we don't get it. It's just that that's why there's...Expand this post

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"Apart from posting feel good photo's and the everyday droll of political satire and what not Iplan on posting more pertinent commentaries that lie closer to my heart. Sure fun filled photos of

family and unworthy political junkie news stories are more savory to the palate of today's

"instant gratification" junkie.But oh well, that gets old. Not that what I'm going to reflect on wouldn't appear to be old and

drab to some. However, unlike religion or politics philosophy offers a way for those wanting

more than just what they see in front of them. Searching for deeper insights and the ineffable

offers one an alternative to the traditional mono-theistic discourse of religion.Not that I'm knocking religion or mocking religion, it's just that alternative points of view areroutinely looked upon as irrational and non-mainstream. Well, that's to bad. Einstein once

remarked: "Science without religion is lame, and religion without science is blind." I would like

to conjecture that philosophy is an additional wheel on the vehicle that leads to enlightenment.Anyway, feeling free to express one's state of mind is important and hopefully for those that have

a lingering curiosity about the nature of the world and a desire to exercise one's mental muscle

might find it interesting. Besides that I have way to much time on my hands, being a teacher andall. Ha ha...

However, if you can imagine having a couple of months off can either dull one's senses or do the

opposite-sharpen it. I would hope that I am attempting to exercise the later and not the former.

My current selection for future postings will consist of reflections on Wittgenstein's "TractatusLogico-Philosophicus. Yeah I know that title is a real turn off and sounds complicated enough!

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"Reading: "Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough." In an illuminating passage W remarks:"Frazer's account of the magical and religious views of mankind is unsatisfactory: it makes these

views look like errorrs.

Was Augustine in error, then, when he called upon God on every page of the Confessions?

But - one might say - if he was not in error, surely the Buddhist holy man was - or anyone else -whole religion gives expression to completely different views. But none of them was in error,

except when he set forth a theory."

Sure, much can be made of that commentary but the fact is that I found it important in order todemarcate it's intention between mythology and superstition.Atheist and non-believers often tend to conflate superstition with "religious beliefs" draping it's

propositions in a mythological manner. But truth be told, religious belief is never in error since it

is not based on fact , but instead on faith.Wittgenstein's point was to make note of the fact that it can never be in error unless one purports

to prop its doctrine as a hypothesis. Once this occurs then we have crossed the line and ventured

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"I am a product not just of my culture but instead of a "form of life." My world is encased not bymy cultural influence but the acquisition of language in association with culture and associated

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"A few more thoughts concerning G.E. Moore's statements concerning "Proof of an External

World."

According to Wittgenstein Moore's remark "Here is a hand" presupposes that he has knowledgeof this. However, for a skeptic who is in the business of doubting this is what they are waiting

for. For you see, when Moore makes this kind of claim (proposition) he is in effect abstracting a

proposition like this from its everyday use. What use? As in like 1. An anatomy class. 2.Teaching a child through use of ostensive definition by pointing to one's hand as you say the

word.

Take for example: Last night while watching the Spurs vs. OKC there remained a little over 3

seconds left in the game and OKC was down by five points. I insisted that there was still achance for OKC to make two baskets in this little time. However, my nephew laughed and said:

"Oh come on, that's not logical. It's not gonna happen." I insisted he was wrong and he keptsaying: it's not logical....The point i'm trying to make here is that in this context at home while watching the game the

word "logical" had meaning in the form in which it was being used. Sort of like a framework in

which to hang his ideas. However, if I would have asked him to define "logical" i'm more than

certain it would not be sufficient or he would develop a mental cramp. He might have said: "Itcannot happen is what I meant." That doesn't exactly coincide with the word: "logical."

However, in the context of the situation I knew exactly what he was trying to imply and derived

an artificial like meaning. Taking this word out of the context would cause it to lose meaning.

One more example: Just like if I asked you: "Hey, by the way what time is it?" you might say:"Oh, it's 4:00 pm." If I said: "It felt as if though time stopped." You would know what I meant.

However, if I asked you right after: "What is Time?" you might not be able to respond.
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It's because I extracted the word from it's usual context and that is why words like time, logical,

here is a hand, are needed in the construction of our language and there is no point in asserting

knowledge or doubt concerning their meaning because it would make no sense. Other wise if wedisagreed or doubted all of these propositions language would ultimately break down and we

would be no where. Therefore Moore's claim makes no sense to doubt or to ascribe certainty too.

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Mar 30, 2013- Discussion"Here is a good hint: "I am sitting with a philosopher in the garden, he says again and again 'I

know that that's a tree,' pointing to a tree that is near us. Someone else arrives and hears this, and

I tell him: 'This fellow isn't insane. We are only doing philosophy.'" (On Certainty, P:467)..."

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"Here we go: The point that Moore was trying to make was to refute Idealism and solipsism'sdoubt about an external world. So, what does he do? He assails this doubt with his landmark

paper: "Proof of an External World."In this paper he offers three simple propositions: (1) Here is one hand (2) Here is another hand(3)Therefore an external world exist.

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"(1) Here is one hand

(2) Here is another hand(3) Therefore, an external world exists"

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"Isn't it funny how we quarrel over the superstitious aspects of religion and not as to what it hasto offer the believer? Belief and faith are central to religious doctrines.

Regardless of the more superfluous tenants of a religious discourse, there is substance therewhen it comes to the belief of the person who practices his or her religion.In my opinion, science and religion are two different spheres that cannot be fused in any manner.

Children should be taught to view the different religions of the world without the emphasis on

the more superstitious aspects.Arguably, that job seems intractable considering that the more superstitious aspects are fused

with the doctrines of practice and faith. Of course, not all religions are part and parcel of this

particular type of dogma..."

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Mar 29, 2013- Discussion"Uttering a word is like strking a note on the keyboard of imagination.....W."Add a comment...

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"It's what we do and who we are that gives meaning to our words....."

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"It is not how things are in this world that is mystical, but that it exists... Wittgenstein."Add a comment...

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""Knowledge is in the end based on acknowledgement." - On Certainty #378."Add a comment...

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""The solution of the problem of life is seen in the vanashing of the problem." Tractatus 6.521..

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"What has history to do with me? Mine is the first and only world! --Notebooks 1914-1916, 82e.Wittgenstein...

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"What's interesting about W's aphorism is that when we really think about it, we see that history

is an accumulation of historical facts. Grounded in the present a collection of historical facts isnothing more than a collection of interpretations past down over the centuries."

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Mar 29, 2013- Discussion"The diversity of languages is not a diversity of signs and sounds but a diversity of views of the

world. Humboldt..."

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"Boas saw language as an inseparable part of culture and he was among the first to require ofethnographers to learn the native language of the culture being studied, and to document verbal

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""We have got on to slippery ice where there is no friction and so in a certain sense theconditions are ideal, but also, just because of that, we are unable to walk. We want to walk: so

we need friction. Back to the rough ground!"

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"Language is like a game where what defines a game is its rules...Wittgenstein."Add a comment...
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"Language and experience are intertwined in such ways that we can't begin to imagine..."Add a comment...

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Mar 29, 2013- DiscussionDo the languages we speak shape the way we see the world, the way we think, and the way welive our lives?"

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Mar 29, 2013- Discussion"Do people who speak different languages think differently simply because they speak different

languages?"

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"Does learning new languages change the way you think?"Add a comment...

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"Are languages merely tools for expressing our thoughts, or do they actually shape ourthoughts?"Add a comment...

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Mar 29, 2013- Discussion"Wittgenstein said "The limit of my language is the limit of my world". My world became so

limited after learning this."

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"You cannot lead people to what is good;you can only lead them to some place or other. The good is outside the space of

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"When we first begin to believe anything, what we believe is not a single proposition, it is awhole system of propositions. (Light dawns gradually over the whole.)"

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"A child learns there are reliable and unreliable informants much later than it learns facts which

are told it."

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"The child learns to believe a host of things. I.e. it learns to act according to these beliefs."Add a comment...

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Mar 29, 2013- Discussion"Does the world of experience create language into some intelligible sense or is languageinextricably linked to our experiences or meaningful thoughts we have in this world? I prefer to

think that Wittgenstein was correct in denouncing the first and elucidating the latter...."

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Mar 27, 2013- DiscussionWhen one realizes that all we have is belief and faith in the everyday practice of our system of

religion without a necessity to point to a supernatural deity then that in itself .....is religion!

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What's amazing is that these narratives can never contradict one another. Each exist on adifferent plane of thought, one is empirical and the other is not....

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What I grapple with and what is the object of my central thoughts now is a new and over arching

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Our beliefs whether they are religious narratives or historical narratives are the objective

certainties that we are all endowed with at birth.

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Outside the language-game meaning, certainty and doubt do not apply.....Add a comment...

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Mar 27, 2013- DiscussionIsn't it funny how we quarrel over the superstitious aspects of religion and not as to what it has tooffer the believer. Belief and faith are central to religious doctrines.

Regardless of the more superfluous tenants of a religious discourse, there is substance there

when it comes to the belief of the person who practices his or her religion.In my opinion, science and religion are two different spheres that cannot be fused in any manner.

Children should be taught to view the different religions of the world without the emphasis on

the more superstitious aspects.Arguably, that job seems intractable considering that the more superstitious aspects are fused

with the doctrines of practice and faith. Of course, not all religions are part and parcel of this

particular type of dogma...

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Light dawns gradually over the whole...Wittgenstein.Add a comment...

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"Knowledge is in the end based on acknowledgment." Wittgenstein...Add a comment...

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Mar 27, 2013 (edited)- DiscussionUttering a word is like strking a note on the keyboard of imagination.....W.

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It's what we do and who we are that gives meaning to our words.....

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My work has extended from the foundations of logic to the nature of the world... Wittgenstein.Add a comment...

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The child learns by believing the adult. Doubt comes after belief.Add a comment...
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What stands fast does so, not because it is intrinsically obvious or convincing; it is rather heldfast by what lies around it.

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Mar 26, 2013- DiscussionBit by bit there forms a system of what is believed, and in that system some things stand

unshakably fast and some are more or less liable to shift.

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For a large class of cases, though not for all - the meaning of a word is its use in the language.Wittgenstein......

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Mar 23, 2013- DiscussionThe mystical is not how the world is, but that it is...Wittgenstein

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Mar 23, 2013- DiscussionThe limits of my language means the limits of my world. Wittgenstein.....

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"What do I know about God and the purpose of life? I know that this world exists. W..
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