Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language

A reupload of something that I put together awhile back. The audio is from: https://youtu.be/v_hQpvQYhOI Some relevant quotes: "But how can a rule show me what I have to do at this point? Whatever I do is, on some interpretation, in accord with the rule...Any interpretation still hangs in the air along with what it interprets, and cannot give it any support. Interpretations by themselves do not determine meaning." Wittgenstein "This was our paradox: no course of action could be determined by a rule, because any course of action can be made out to accord with the rule." Wittgenstein "To think one is obeying a rule is not to obey a rule. Hence it is not possible to obey a rule 'privately': otherwise thinking one was obeying a rule would be the same thing as obeying it." Wittgenstein #philosophy #wittgenstein #bryanmagee #language #searle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices