Vol. 6 No. 1 (2013): Wittgenstein on Aesthetics / Aesthetics on Wittgenstein
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Wittgenstein. Playing on the Edges of Language

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  • Francesco Valagussa
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Aisthesis-12853

Published 2013-05-15

Keywords

  • Wittgenstein,
  • Aesthetics,
  • Tractatus,
  • Language-games

How to Cite

Valagussa, F. (2013). Wittgenstein. Playing on the Edges of Language. Aisthesis. Pratiche, Linguaggi E Saperi dell’estetico, 6(1), 291–305. https://doi.org/10.13128/Aisthesis-12853
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Abstract

This article aims to show the development of Wittgenstein’s conception of language from a pictorial model to a musical model. At first language is considered as a “means of representation” but in the second phase of Wittgenstein’s work the problem of understanding a proposition and the different shades of meaning supports an analogy with the musical dimension. In this perspective, Wittgenstein approaches the idea of language-game.
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