All I mean is the limits of my language are the limits of my world. We keep running up...
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Ludwig Wittgenstein:
I used to believe that language gave us a picture of the world. But it can't give us a picture of how it does that. That would be like trying to see yourself seeing something. How language does that is beyond expression. That is the mystery. That was all wrong. Language isn't a picture at all. Bertrand Russell:
What is it, then? Ludwig Wittgenstein:
It's... a tool. An instrument. There isn't just one picture of the world, there are lots of different language games, different forms of life, different ways of doing things with words. They don't all hang together! Bertrand Russell:
What do you mean? Ludwig Wittgenstein:
All I mean is the limits of my language are the limits of my world. We keep running up against the walls of our cage
I used to believe that language gave us a picture of the world. But it can't give us a picture of how it does that. That would be like trying to see yourself seeing something. How language does that is beyond expression. That is the mystery. That was all wrong. Language isn't a picture at all. Bertrand Russell:
What is it, then? Ludwig Wittgenstein:
It's... a tool. An instrument. There isn't just one picture of the world, there are lots of different language games, different forms of life, different ways of doing things with words. They don't all hang together! Bertrand Russell:
What do you mean? Ludwig Wittgenstein:
All I mean is the limits of my language are the limits of my world. We keep running up against the walls of our cage
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Pants But it can't give us a picture of how it does that
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That would be like trying to see yourself seeing something
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How how Pants
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How language does that is beyond expression
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That is the mystery
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Mutters That was all wrong
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Language isn't a picture at all
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What is it then
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It's
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a tool
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An instrument Mutters pants
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There isn't just one picture of the world
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there are lots of different language games
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different forms of life different ways of doing things with words
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They don't all hang together
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What do you mean
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All I mean is the limits of my language are the limits of my world
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We keep running up against the walls of our cage
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Movie Summary
A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), whose principal interest was the nature and limits of language. A series of sk
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Bertrand Russell
