Open AccessL. Wittgenstein on the Problem of Escape from Solipsism
Author(s) -
Анджело Лорети
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
observatoriâ kulʹtury
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2588-0047
pISSN - 2072-3156
DOI - 10.25281/2072-3156-2015-0-6-58-61
Subject(s) - solipsism , behaviorism , philosophy , epistemology , argument (complex analysis) , metaphysics , ontology , philosophical methodology , philosophical theory , ordinary language philosophy , philosophy of language , psychology , western philosophy , medicine
The article considers the concept of solipsism as a vital and philosophical impasse and analyzes Wittgenstein’s approach to this question in those paragraphs of the Philosophical Investigations that refer to “the private language argument”. The author shows that Wittgenstein’s solution to this problem leads to rejection of any philosophical and psychological thesis (of behaviorism, primarily), which could be compared to Gorgias’ negative ontology.