Synthesis philosophica, Vol. 30 No. 2, 2015.
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The Primacy of Function over Structure. Analogy Reading of Wittgenstein’s “Meaning is Use” Aphorism
Nicholas Melville
; 1Ferris State University, 1201 S State St, US–49307 Big Rapids, MI
Kristijan Krkač
orcid.org/0000-0001-6956-8102
; Zagreb School of Economics and Management, Jordanovac 110, HR–10000 Zagreb
Sažetak
In the paper authors examine Wittgenstein’s standpoint “the meaning of a word is its use in an utterance” mainly in the context of sections 23 and 43 of the Philosophical Investigations in the light of some other sections (namely 197–199, and 209), and some influential interpretations of these passages. They claim that “meaning is use” slogan is an analogy. Additionally, partially following Baker and Hacker 2005, authors argue that the standpoint is understandable only in the context of dependence of language-games on forms of life
(wider interpretation). Namely, meaning of a word is its use in an utterance only if the use has a place in a life. In other words, in order to understand language-games it seems natural to observe them in their natural context of forms of life they belong to. Therefore, the claim “meaning is use” can be understood only as an analogy or a metaphor in precisely these directions of interpretation.
Ključne riječi
analogy; forms of life; language-games; the meaning of a word is its use; metaphor; similarities; use of a word; Ludwig Wittgenstein; Gordon Baker; Peter Hacker
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164523
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27.1.2016.
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