PHI 3398 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Madea, Wittgenstein On Rules And Private Language
5 Dec 2013
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The passages of wittgenstein that provide the inspiration for the argument appear, in typically compressed and gnomic form, in wittgenstein 1953, 138 242, and wittgenstein 1978 vi. Kripke"s account was published in its final form in kripke 1980, having been widely presented and discussed before; a similar interpretation was given independently in fogelin 1987 (first edition 1976). There has been some controversy as to how accurate kripke"s presentation of. Wittgenstein"s views are; a number of authors have embraced the term kripkenstein" to refer to the imaginary proponent of the views discussed by kripke. The exegetical issue will not be of concern here. The concern will be only with the argument presented by kripke. (for discussion of the exegetical issues see boghossian, 1991) Imagine an individual who makes statements using the sign +". For instance, they say 14 + 7 = 21", 3 +23 = 26".
