Quote: skepticism about meaning from desire for system in our language, our ability to generalize and find patterns; yet definitions are incomplete

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Wittgenstein's first diagnosis is that conceptual puzzlement [about meaning] arises from our desire for order, neatness, system, in our … feature of the human mind. It is what … it, are called 'games'" or "Continue this series … Wittgenstein suggests that the ability is paralleled by … [Blue and Brown Books, p. 17]. In the grip of this need, we think we require … feel a kind of hunger which cannot be … [Ibid., p. 27] … "We are unable clearly to circumscribe the concepts … 'definition' to them. To suppose that there must … according to strict rules." [Ibid., p. 25]   Google-1   Google-2

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