Tag: "language"

Do Philosophers Talk Nonsense?

Ian Dearden may or may not…
[Issue 70: November/December 2008: Articles]

Language, Consciousness, Culture: Essays on Mental Structure by Ray Jackendoff

Petter Naessan talks Ray Jackendoff’s cultured thinking.
[Issue 69: September/October 2008: Books]

Language Tinder

by Ivan Brady
[Issue 60: March/April 2007: Poetry]

A Position On Derrida

Nazenin Ruso explains where and why he agrees with Derrida’s approach to texts.
[Issue 60: March/April 2007: Literature]

Following on from our Wittgenstein special last issue, Brandon Absher shows how Wittgenstein’s style of therapeutic philosophy can help us be more attentive in our use of language in everyday contexts.
[Issue 59: January/February 2007: Articles]

Tractatus 7.1: Translation and Silence

Peter Caws considers how much is lost in translation.
[Issue 58: November/December 2006: Wittgenstein]

The Private Language Argument

Richard Floyd explains a notorious example of Wittgenstein’s public thought.
[Issue 58: November/December 2006: Wittgenstein]

Pictures and Nonsense

Mark Jago looks at Wittgenstein’s first theory of language, in the Tractatus. One of the conclusions of this theory is that the theory in the Tractatus is nonsense…
[Issue 58: November/December 2006: Wittgenstein]

Making Up My Mind

Martin Lunghi gets into some strange tendencies with language.
[Issue 58: November/December 2006: Short Story]

Rules, Language & Reality

George Wrisley considers how some of Wittgenstein’s later ideas on language relate to reality.
[Issue 58: November/December 2006: Wittgenstein]

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