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Quote: rules about language are often inconsistent because words are used as tools, not labels
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private language argument for skepticism about meaning
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rules
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meaning by use
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It is neither that language has no rules, … come up with the wrong rules. Rather, the … are in fact often mutually inconsistent or contradictory. … If words were labels, this could not be; … in a variety of language games, then it … [a] word that it should have a unified employment; we should … [Wittgenstein, Zettel, par. 112]. Google-1 Google-2
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Topic: private language argument for skepticism about meaning (33 items)
Topic: rules (43 items)
Topic: meaning by use (58 items)