The treatment of the problem of privacy in Wittgenstein's later writings

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dc.contributor.advisorKeaney, B Pen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHoliday, Bernard Johnen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-14T07:05:48Z
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dc.date.issued1973en_ZA
dc.description.abstractMy attempt in this thesis will therefore be twofold. I shall try to outline the problem of the privacy of sensation as a special case of philosophical scepticism of our having knowledge of other minds. Certain ramifications of this question, particularly the problems of linguistic meaning, and intentional action will also be discussed. Secondly I shall try, in discussing Wittgenstein's treatment of this problem, to show that his technique is a satisfactory one, not only for "curing" this problem, but for handling all philosophic problems. In other words the unity of Wittgenstein's philosophy will be stressed. This unity is not the one which is receiving a great deal of attention at the moment, viz. the unity of the Tractatus and the later.works. But I refer rather to the fittedness of Wittgenstein's philosophical activity to his domain of interest - conceptual investigations. In these investigations he discovers no new fact, gives no new piece of information. What he does is to practice philosophy in a new way and initiate us into a new form of activity. In this, it seems to me, his work is supremely original and greatly valuable.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHoliday, B. J. (1973). <i>The treatment of the problem of privacy in Wittgenstein's later writings</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Philosophy. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17687en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHoliday, Bernard John. <i>"The treatment of the problem of privacy in Wittgenstein's later writings."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Philosophy, 1973. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17687en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHoliday, B. 1973. The treatment of the problem of privacy in Wittgenstein's later writings. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Holiday, Bernard John AB - My attempt in this thesis will therefore be twofold. I shall try to outline the problem of the privacy of sensation as a special case of philosophical scepticism of our having knowledge of other minds. Certain ramifications of this question, particularly the problems of linguistic meaning, and intentional action will also be discussed. Secondly I shall try, in discussing Wittgenstein's treatment of this problem, to show that his technique is a satisfactory one, not only for "curing" this problem, but for handling all philosophic problems. In other words the unity of Wittgenstein's philosophy will be stressed. This unity is not the one which is receiving a great deal of attention at the moment, viz. the unity of the Tractatus and the later.works. But I refer rather to the fittedness of Wittgenstein's philosophical activity to his domain of interest - conceptual investigations. In these investigations he discovers no new fact, gives no new piece of information. What he does is to practice philosophy in a new way and initiate us into a new form of activity. In this, it seems to me, his work is supremely original and greatly valuable. DA - 1973 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1973 T1 - The treatment of the problem of privacy in Wittgenstein's later writings TI - The treatment of the problem of privacy in Wittgenstein's later writings UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17687 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHoliday BJ. The treatment of the problem of privacy in Wittgenstein's later writings. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Philosophy, 1973 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17687en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Philosophyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPhilosophyen_ZA
dc.titleThe treatment of the problem of privacy in Wittgenstein's later writingsen_ZA
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