This paper focuses on Wittgenstein's notion of psychological concepts. According to the Austrian philosopher, it is only the Grammar to provide the means to properly interpret the psychological concepts, and the description of internal mental states is reduced to the description of the use of words. Psychological facts and phenomena are thus replaced with the notion of psychological concepts, which would exist only through linguistic expressions. The language is not conceived as a static image of logical rules far from the real contexts of interaction, but rather as a living entity which constantly transforms itself through its usage. Consequently, the meaning of a psychological concept, like any other linguistic expression, is strictly bounded to its ordinary usage.

Bova, A., Interpretation of psychological concepts in Wittgenstein, in Language and World. Proceedings of the 32nd International Wittgenstein Symposium, (Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria, 09-15 August 2009), Ontos Verlag, Frankfurt 2009: 64-65 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/124593]

Interpretation of psychological concepts in Wittgenstein

Bova, Antonio
Primo
2009

Abstract

This paper focuses on Wittgenstein's notion of psychological concepts. According to the Austrian philosopher, it is only the Grammar to provide the means to properly interpret the psychological concepts, and the description of internal mental states is reduced to the description of the use of words. Psychological facts and phenomena are thus replaced with the notion of psychological concepts, which would exist only through linguistic expressions. The language is not conceived as a static image of logical rules far from the real contexts of interaction, but rather as a living entity which constantly transforms itself through its usage. Consequently, the meaning of a psychological concept, like any other linguistic expression, is strictly bounded to its ordinary usage.
2009
Inglese
Language and World. Proceedings of the 32nd International Wittgenstein Symposium
32nd International Wittgenstein Symposium
Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria
9-ago-2009
15-ago-2009
9783868380798
Ontos Verlag
Bova, A., Interpretation of psychological concepts in Wittgenstein, in Language and World. Proceedings of the 32nd International Wittgenstein Symposium, (Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria, 09-15 August 2009), Ontos Verlag, Frankfurt 2009: 64-65 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/124593]
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