Barry Smith on Wittgenstein's Conception of Philosophy
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The Problems of Philosophy
Wittgenstein thought he'd solved the problems of philosophy. He came back to Cambridge in 1929 and started off with a new conception of language. Don't try to explain how language would work if it were in perfect order, says Wittgenstein. Try to actually describe how it really works, just see how we use language.
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