Wittgenstein e o uso da linguagem como um cálculo

• Main Author: Michel Le Du
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2009-10-01
• Series: DoisPontos
• Subjects: Wittgenstein; Calculus; Metaphor; Big Typescript; Mentalism
• Online Access: http://ojs.c3sl.ufpr.br/ojs2/index.php/doispontos/article/view/13349/11084

The aim of the paper is to examine the role of the calculus analogy in Wittgenstein’s philosophy of language during his middle and late periods. This role has changed because Wittgenstein has moved from a strict to a loose interpretation of this analogy. The analogy becomes a loose one as soon as one admits that language use and calculus can be compared in various ways and for many different reasons. The common concern of the two interpretations is the eradication of a mentalism mistaking thought and understanding for processes and states going on in the speaker’s mind but Wittgenstein has progressively discovered that a strict reading of the analogy suggest a false picture of the place of rules in language.