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Disagreements: A nscombe, G each, W ittgenstein
Author(s) -
Diamond Cora
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
philosophical investigations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.172
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1467-9205
pISSN - 0190-0536
DOI - 10.1111/phin.12074
Subject(s) - negation , relation (database) , epistemology , track (disk drive) , lateral thinking , critical thinking , computer science , psychology , philosophy , social psychology , creative thinking , linguistics , creativity , database , operating system
My essay explains and examines A nscombe's disagreement with W ittgenstein about what the T ractatus supposedly excludes. I also discuss her apparent disagreement with G each about propositions that lack an intelligible negation. My discussion of these disagreements leads to the topic of A nscombe on the relation between the “business of thinking” and truth. I suggest that she takes the business of thinking to include thinking that helps to keep thinking on track. Since there is a tie between thinking truly and the business of thinking being done well and since helping to keep thinking on track belongs to the business of thinking, helpings‐of‐thinking can (if done well) be described as true.