Imagine, for a moment, a philosopher who, having penned what he believed to be the definitive solution to all philosophical problems, promptly abandoned the field.
I’ve always been fascinated by Wittgenstein’s Picture Theory. For me, it’s not just philosophy. It’s a tool I use every time I write. Whether I’m breaking down a court case or digging into questions of international law, I find that this theory helps me turn abstract arguments into something clear, almost like holding up a picture for the reader. In my latest posts, I share how I use Wittgenstein’s logic to make legal analysis clearer and more engaging.
In noting that we do not perceive ‘reality’, itself, but, rather, only what we see-it-AS, linguistically-speaking, W. declared that Philosophical-Metaphysics was impossible.
I’ve always been fascinated by Wittgenstein’s Picture Theory. For me, it’s not just philosophy. It’s a tool I use every time I write. Whether I’m breaking down a court case or digging into questions of international law, I find that this theory helps me turn abstract arguments into something clear, almost like holding up a picture for the reader. In my latest posts, I share how I use Wittgenstein’s logic to make legal analysis clearer and more engaging.
“Seeing-As” — The end-of ‘Metaphysics’.
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In noting that we do not perceive ‘reality’, itself, but, rather, only what we see-it-AS, linguistically-speaking, W. declared that Philosophical-Metaphysics was impossible.