Showing posts with label Philosophy of Language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Philosophy of Language. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

On Linguistic Puzzles

"I have a telephone conversation with New York. My friend tells me that his young trees have buds of such and such a kind. I am now convinced that his tree is... Am I also convinced that the earth exists?" 
- Ludwig Wittgenstein, On Certainty

Friday, March 18, 2011

On Sinn And Bedeutung

While discussing the malleability of language, the example of firetrucks and its corresponding reference unfolded. Needless to say, it was well received.
Sense: "Fire Truck!"
Referent: Love
C.f. Gottlob Frege, Sense and Reference, 1892.