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Re:The sad truth about depressive realism (2006) [pdf] by istorical on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @02:36PM (#13117585)
What can I search to read more about picture theory of language vs tool theory? It sounds really interesting but when I google I only get results about picture theory of lang.
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Re:The sad truth about depressive realism (2006) [pdf] by lagrange123 on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @02:40PM (#13117616)
Read Wittgenstein. Or, don't read Wittgenstein, but read about Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein pioneered the picture theory of language--i.e. the idea that language represents the world. He later gave up on this idea and began to think about language as a tool. He coined the term "language-game". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language-game_(philosophy)
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Re:The sad truth about depressive realism (2006) [pdf] by Florin_Andrei on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @03:00PM (#13117780)
> Or, don't read Wittgenstein, but read about Wittgenstein.

I laughed, but there's some truth in that.

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