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Ordinary Language Philosophy

In Our Time: Philosophy

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Are You Still Using a Special Language?

Simo: The ordinary language philosophers were not impressed by the so called scientific conception of the world. They became quite suspicious of the idea that what could be said a meaningfully, is something that could fit into the tight constraints of a forma logical system. More interestingly still, they actually start to break down this distinction between statements that are analytic, or supposedly true in virtue of the meaning of the words alone.

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