Wittgenstein's private language argument holds this this philosophical theory is incompatible with our having a language to express it, while other modern thinkers have objected that its initial premise is a misuse of terms and that the use of the word "I" eliminates its normal contrasts.
Wittgenstein's private language argument holds this this philosophical theory is incompatible with our having a language to express it, while other modern thinkers have objected that its initial premise is a misuse of terms and that the use of the word "I" eliminates its normal contrasts. It arose out of the work of Descartes, Locke, and others, who argued that the immediate objects of sense experience are mind-dependent. FTP, what theory holds that I am the sole existent, and that the outside world is an object of my consciousness?
Wittgenstein's private language argument holds this this philosophical theory is incompatible with our having a language to express it, while other modern thinkers have objected that its initial premise is a misuse of terms and that the use of the word "I" eliminates its normal contrasts.
solipsism