His best-known work was first translated by Frank Ramsey and establishes, in its first part, the picture theory of propositions, and a later work by this philosopher suggests that knowledge of the meaning of words requires external criteria for verification, denying the possibility of a private language, which he supported with his thought experiment of a beetle in a box.
His best-known work was first translated by Frank Ramsey and establishes, in its first part, the picture theory of propositions, and a later work by this philosopher suggests that knowledge of the meaning of words requires external criteria for verification, denying the possibility of a private language, which he supported with his thought experiment of a beetle in a box. This author's late work centered on the idea of "language games" and was expressed in works like Philosophical Investigations. For 10 points, name this philosopher of mind and language who wrote the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.
His best-known work was first translated by Frank Ramsey and establishes, in its first part, the picture theory of propositions, and a later work by this philosopher suggests that knowledge of the meaning of words requires external criteria for verification, denying the possibility of a private language, which he supported with his thought experiment of a beetle in a box.
Ludwig {Wittgenstein}