Papa Defends Witgenstein

Witgenstein's original quote seems to have been interpreted in many ways. It can be used to admit that there do exist phenomena, metaphysical or spiritual, for which no words are adequate and can only possibly mislead. So think that's the correct reading of witgenstein. In papa's case, he thought they weren't scientific statements, but were still valuable. There was no point debating metaphysics, because they weren't questions which could be settled empirically. Here he is agreeing with witgenstein that such puzzles indeed exist, and there are people who pursue them, even in philosophy. But he just disagrees with witGenstein that all problems in philosophy are ultimately puzzles in language