The Meaning of Language and the Language of Sense: An approach to the Philosophical Question of Language in light of Wittgenstein's Tractatus

Authors

  • Diego Fernando Perdomo Universidad Santo Tomás

Keywords:

language, meaning, world, philosophy, Wittgenstein

Abstract

This paper aims to make an approach to language as a philosophical question in the light of the work of the Viennese philosopher L. Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logicus-Philosophicus. It shall show how the language enjoys a high philosophical complexity in the sense that philosophy exists in proportion to the problems of language. For this reason, the development has three parts: 1) the sense of language is identified, i.e., the utility in order to verify the truth of propositions. 2) The language of sense understood as what you
cannot say, because sense is what is understood. 3) The relationship between philosophy and language, from which we conclude that the function of philosophy is to be a therapeutic activity, i.e., a help to heal the logical diseases which occur in the world.

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Published

2015-04-26

How to Cite

Perdomo, D. F. (2015). The Meaning of Language and the Language of Sense: An approach to the Philosophical Question of Language in light of Wittgenstein’s Tractatus. Versiones. Philosophy’s Journal, 1(5), 67–77. Retrieved from https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/versiones/article/view/22520