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Bridging the Gulf between Wittgenstein's Works
A Matter of Showing

Article
12/2 - Fall 2007, pages 207-225
Date of online publication: 11 avril 2016
Date of publication: 30 décembre 2007

Abstract

In this paper, I take three snapshots of Wittgenstein's philosophical work in order to jot a few notes on the issue of the continuity in his philosophy. I use Wittgenstein's distinction between what can be 'said' and what can only be “shown” in order to highlight Wittgenstein's continual insistence that our basic relation with reality is seamless. I propose that Wittgenstein holds, throughout his philosophical career, that our thinking does not stop short of the world. In brief, I suggest that Wittgenstein would note that our natural history is largely what the mediaevals would call second nature.

Cite this article

Sultana, Mark. “Bridging the Gulf between Wittgenstein's Works: A Matter of Showing.” Forum Philosophicum 12, no. 2 (2007): 207–25. doi:10.35765/forphil.2007.1202.17.