Wittgenstein III

In this video, Professor Thorsby discusses the private language argument from Wittgenstein's "Philosophical Investigations."

[shaunkerr]

I feel like I could learn a lot from you in an easy fashion; you are a great teacher.

[Woljap]

Thank you for the series of videos, very informative and thorough. I have been reading a lot of Nietzsche but I was recommended Wittgenstein by a retied Prof from Berkeley, USA. I can't get enough from his material. Your videos have helped a lot. Thank you.

[pkml]

I am your subscriber since you posted your tutorial on syllogism and let me tell you, your explanations are satisfactory and easy to understand. Thank you Mark :) love from India.

[upchuckles]

Small clarification from what I know of modern linguistics: it is not believed that languages that have only black, white, and red render people unable to experience other colors. In fact, if you press these speakers to describe colors more precisely, they will use comparison quite naturally. Instead of "yellow" they will say something like "sap-colored". The interesting thing is that you have to press them. They don't find it useful to distinguish red from yellow unless you explicitly ask them to. They absolutely can tell the difference between yellow and red. They just don't *care about* that difference. Their language shows their priorities, not their perception.

I am a total amateur linguist however so don't take my word for it.

[henriquemendes]

Mark, your channel is great! Your explanations are amazingly clear and organized. I have been reading Wittgenstein and secondary literature on him for the last few months and your explanation really wrapped everything up perfectly. Thank you very much for your generosity.

[rishis]

sad that this series does not continue on through the end of the book

[kristenforster]

If you can appreciate the concept of social intelligence, you will have to admit that a dogs social intelligence by far exceeds the social intelligence of most human beings. Of course most mammels knows and plays the languagegame very well. The adult dog plays puppy with his master, the cat plays hungry to obtain benefits, the bird simulates broken wings to distract a predator. Every higher animal has to know and play the languagegame in order to survive.

[Cherrrynko]

Excellent work. Will there be more lectures in this series? Thanks.

[Sui_Generis]

Are you still doing a Heidegger video?

[luszczi]

Is this lecture series / playlist abandoned? That's a bummer. ;(