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Wittgenstein on Aspect‐Recognition in Philosophy and Mathematics
Author(s) -
Hymers Michael
Publication year - 2021
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.12289
Subject(s) - clarity , epistemology , philosophy of mathematics , philosophy , grammar , linguistics , philosophical methodology , biochemistry , chemistry
Although Wittgenstein’s most extensive discussion of aspect‐recognition appears in Part II of the Philosophical Investigations , aspect‐recognition was of interest to Wittgenstein almost from the beginning of his engagement with philosophy at Cambridge in 1912. However, the nature of that interest changes upon his return to Cambridge in 1929, and that change in turn is connected with the inter‐related ideas that philosophical clarity rests on recognising aspects of our grammar and that mathematical proof leads us to recognise new aspects of mathematical expressions.