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PRIVATE LANGUAGE ARGUMENT IN WITTGENSTEIN AND THE ROLE OF SOCIAL CONTEXT

Year 2018, Issue: 25, 427 - 448, 01.04.2018

Abstract

The aim of this article is to elucidate the private language argument in Wittgenstein’s work titled as ‘Philosophical Investigations’ and to get a clear view about language in relation with philosophical problems. Wittgenstein introduces the description of actual use of language as having a critical importance for eliminating the philosophical confusions, dissolving the same recurring traditional problems and attaining new ways of seeing. To treat this approach properly, it is attempted to expose how language meaningfully understood within the framework of the ordinary language use and in this context to explicate the social nature of linguistic practice. So the idea of an actual language which is operated through social context is supported by the argument against the possibility of private language. So it is laid open to view how Wittgenstein posits language use in relation with form of life. Finally, it can be concluded that all the investigations carried out in the ‘Investigations’ dwell upon the argument which denies private language

References

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  • Baker, G. P.& Hacker, P.M.S., (1980), An Analytic Commentary on The Philosophical Investigations, volume 1: Wittgenstein: Understanding and Meaning, Oxford, Basil Blackwell.
  • Fann, K. T., (1969), Witgenstein’s Conception of Philosophy, Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press.
  • Fogelin, Robert J., (2009), Taking Wittgenstein At His Word: A Textual Study, Princeton, Princeton University Press.
  • Garver, Newton, (1994), “Naturalism and Transcendentality: The Case of ‘Form of Life’”, Wittgenstein and Contemporary Philosophy, Edited and Introduced by Souren Teghrarian, Bristol, England, Thoemmes Press, s. 41-69.
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  • Hanfling, Oswald, (1989), Wittgenstein’s Later Philosophy, London, Macmillan Press.
  • Hintikka, Jaako, (1986), “Language-games”, Ludwig Wittgenstein: Critical Assesments, Vol. 2(From Philosophical Investigations to On Certainty: Wittgenstein’s Later Philosophy), Edited by Stuart Shanker, London, Routledge, s. 89-105.
  • Hunter, J. F. M., (1985), Understanding Wittgenstein (Studies of Philosophical Investigations), Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press.
  • Johnston, Paul, (1993), Wittgenstein: Rethinking The Inner, London and New York, Routledge.
  • Lugg, Andrew, (2000), Wittgenstein’s Investigations 1-113 (A Guide and Interpretation), London, Routledge.
  • McGinn, Marie, (1997), Wittgenstein and the Philosophical Investigations, London, Routledge.
  • Malcolm, Norman, (1954), “Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations”, The Philosophical Review, Vol. 63, No. 4, Published by Cornell University, s. 530-559.
  • Malcolm, Norman, (1971), Problems of Mind: Descartes to Wittgenstein, New York, Harper & Row Publishers.
  • Rorty, Richard, (2006), Felsefe ve Doğanın Aynası, Çeviren: Funda Günsoy Kaya, İstanbul, Paradigma Yayınları.
  • Rundle, Bede, (2001), “Meaning and Understanding”, Wittgenstein: A Critical Reader, Edited by Hans-Johann Glock, Massachusetts, Blackwell, s. 94- 118.
  • Schroeder, Severin, (2001), “Private Language and Private Experience”, Wittgenstein: A Critical Reader, Edited by Hans-Johann Glock, Massachusetts, Blackwell, s. 174-198.
  • Temkin, Jack, (1981), “Wittgenstein on Epistemic Privacy”, The Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 123, Published by The Philosophical Quarterly, s. 97-109.
  • Wittgenstein, Ludwig, (1965), The Blue and Brown Books, Preliminary Studies for the ‘Philosophical Investigations’, England, Basil Blackwell.
  • Wittgenstein, Ludwig, (1958), Philosophical Investigations, Translated by G. E. M. Anscombe, Oxford, UK, Blackwell Publishers, Second Edition.
  • Wittgenstein, Ludwig, (1998), Felsefi Soruşturmalar, Çeviren: Deniz Kanıt, İstanbul, Küyerel Yayınları.
  • Wittgenstein, Ludwig, (2003), Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Çeviren: Oruç Aruoba, İstanbul, Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
  • Wittgenstein, Ludwig, (2004), Zettel, Çeviren: Doğan Şahiner, İstanbul, Nisan Yayınları.
  • Wittgenstein, Ludwig, (2007), Mavi Kitap, Kahverengi Kitap, Çeviren: Doğan Şahiner, İstanbul, İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları.

WITTGENSTEIN’DA ÖZEL DİL ARGÜMANI VE SOSYAL BAĞLAMIN İŞLEVİ

Year 2018, Issue: 25, 427 - 448, 01.04.2018

Abstract

Bu makalenin amacı, Wittgenstein’ın Felsefi Soruşturmalar adlı yapıtında işlendiği biçimiyle özel dil sorununun açımlanması ve bu yolla felsefi sorunlarla ilişkisinde dil hakkında bir açıklığa ulaşılmasıdır. Wittgenstein dilin edimsel kullanımının betimlenmesinin felsefi karışıklıkların önüne geçilmesi, kendini sürekli yineleyen geleneksel sorunların çözümlenmesi ve yeni görüş açılarının kazanılması noktasında kritik bir öneme sahip olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır. Bu yaklaşımı uygun bir şekilde ele alabilmek için, kullanımı ekseninde dilin nasıl anlamlandırıldığı ve bu bağlamda dilsel pratiğin sosyal doğası ortaya konulacaktır. Bu çerçevede sosyal bağlamı içinde anlaşılması gereken dil düşüncesi, özel dilin olanaklılığına karşı geliştirilen argümanla desteklenmektedir. Böylece Wittgenstein’ın dil kullanımını yaşam biçimiyle olan ilişkisinde konumlandırdığı açığa çıkar. Sonuç olarak, Soruşturmalar’da yürütülen araştırmaların özel dili reddeden argüman temelinde ortaya konulduğu söylenebilir

References

  • Aidun, Debra, (1986), “Wittgenstein on Grammatical Propositons”, Ludwig Wittgenstein: Critical Assesments, Vol. 2 (From Philosophical Investigations to On Certainty: Wittgenstein’s Later Philosophy), Edited by Stuart Shanker, London, Routledge, s.142-149.
  • Baker, G. P.& Hacker, P.M.S., (1980), An Analytic Commentary on The Philosophical Investigations, volume 1: Wittgenstein: Understanding and Meaning, Oxford, Basil Blackwell.
  • Fann, K. T., (1969), Witgenstein’s Conception of Philosophy, Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press.
  • Fogelin, Robert J., (2009), Taking Wittgenstein At His Word: A Textual Study, Princeton, Princeton University Press.
  • Garver, Newton, (1994), “Naturalism and Transcendentality: The Case of ‘Form of Life’”, Wittgenstein and Contemporary Philosophy, Edited and Introduced by Souren Teghrarian, Bristol, England, Thoemmes Press, s. 41-69.
  • Hacker, P. M. S., (1990), An Analytical Commentary on The Philosophical Investigations, volume 3: Wittgenstein: Meaning and Mind, Oxford, Basil Blackwell.
  • Hanfling, Oswald, (1989), Wittgenstein’s Later Philosophy, London, Macmillan Press.
  • Hintikka, Jaako, (1986), “Language-games”, Ludwig Wittgenstein: Critical Assesments, Vol. 2(From Philosophical Investigations to On Certainty: Wittgenstein’s Later Philosophy), Edited by Stuart Shanker, London, Routledge, s. 89-105.
  • Hunter, J. F. M., (1985), Understanding Wittgenstein (Studies of Philosophical Investigations), Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press.
  • Johnston, Paul, (1993), Wittgenstein: Rethinking The Inner, London and New York, Routledge.
  • Lugg, Andrew, (2000), Wittgenstein’s Investigations 1-113 (A Guide and Interpretation), London, Routledge.
  • McGinn, Marie, (1997), Wittgenstein and the Philosophical Investigations, London, Routledge.
  • Malcolm, Norman, (1954), “Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations”, The Philosophical Review, Vol. 63, No. 4, Published by Cornell University, s. 530-559.
  • Malcolm, Norman, (1971), Problems of Mind: Descartes to Wittgenstein, New York, Harper & Row Publishers.
  • Rorty, Richard, (2006), Felsefe ve Doğanın Aynası, Çeviren: Funda Günsoy Kaya, İstanbul, Paradigma Yayınları.
  • Rundle, Bede, (2001), “Meaning and Understanding”, Wittgenstein: A Critical Reader, Edited by Hans-Johann Glock, Massachusetts, Blackwell, s. 94- 118.
  • Schroeder, Severin, (2001), “Private Language and Private Experience”, Wittgenstein: A Critical Reader, Edited by Hans-Johann Glock, Massachusetts, Blackwell, s. 174-198.
  • Temkin, Jack, (1981), “Wittgenstein on Epistemic Privacy”, The Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 123, Published by The Philosophical Quarterly, s. 97-109.
  • Wittgenstein, Ludwig, (1965), The Blue and Brown Books, Preliminary Studies for the ‘Philosophical Investigations’, England, Basil Blackwell.
  • Wittgenstein, Ludwig, (1958), Philosophical Investigations, Translated by G. E. M. Anscombe, Oxford, UK, Blackwell Publishers, Second Edition.
  • Wittgenstein, Ludwig, (1998), Felsefi Soruşturmalar, Çeviren: Deniz Kanıt, İstanbul, Küyerel Yayınları.
  • Wittgenstein, Ludwig, (2003), Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Çeviren: Oruç Aruoba, İstanbul, Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
  • Wittgenstein, Ludwig, (2004), Zettel, Çeviren: Doğan Şahiner, İstanbul, Nisan Yayınları.
  • Wittgenstein, Ludwig, (2007), Mavi Kitap, Kahverengi Kitap, Çeviren: Doğan Şahiner, İstanbul, İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları.
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Primary Language Turkish
Journal Section Research Article
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Ahmet Cüneyt Gültekin This is me

Publication Date April 1, 2018
Published in Issue Year 2018 Issue: 25

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Chicago Gültekin, Ahmet Cüneyt. “WITTGENSTEIN’DA ÖZEL DİL ARGÜMANI VE SOSYAL BAĞLAMIN İŞLEVİ”. FLSF Felsefe Ve Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, no. 25 (April 2018): 427-48.

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