Ep. 310: Wittgenstein On World-Pictures (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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I Am Ludwig Wittgenstein, Is That Part of the Logic of the Language Game?
In Wittgenstein's book 628, he toys around with Mauryan propositions. He says we know it boils at 100 degrees because that is an empirical fact. It does presuppose that it's nonsensical to say that the majority of people are mistaken about their names. The language game can certainly exist, even if I'm mistaken about my name.
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