Quote: human practices are a hopeless tangle, yet it forms the background that determines our judgment and concepts; must accept as is

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Wittgenstein is convinced that the practices that make … Surely only by showing the actions of a … now, but the whole hurly-burly, is the background … [Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology, vol 1, p. 108, #629] Wittgenstein warns against any attempt to systematize … [Ibid., p. 97, #509]   Google-1   Google-2

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