Wittgenstein, Use, Functionalism

Michael L. Johnson
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Michael L. Johnson: University of Kansas

Chapter 28 in Mind, Language, Machine, 1988, pp 176-179 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract As I discuss meaning, the shade of Wittgenstein seems always at my side, aphoristically prompting or riddling, alternately confirming the MLM metaphor and calling it into question. But he is present also in another way, especially now, because during his career his thought underwent a sea change that summarizes in nuce the difference between the kind of conception of meaning with which the philosopher (especially if of a logicist bent) is typically concerned and the kind with which the modeller is — though, of course, the difference is not strictly applicable in all cases.

Keywords: Natural Language; Formal Language; Meaning Work; Correspondence Theory; Intrinsic Significance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1988
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-19404-9_28

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