Friday, 8 March 2013

§119

The results of philosophy - as he conceives it - is the discovery (recognition?) that philosophers of the past have been saying things that are nonsensical. In 'reclaiming' a word from its metaphysical use we might 'bump our heads' against the limits of language. Recognising the limits as the limits - recognising nonsense as nonsense - allows us to get a clear view of the conceptual terrain and dissolves old philosophical problems. This is valuable.

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