Thursday 11/29

Philosophical Investigations, II X-XIV

First Question: Examination (x)

What larger point is Wittgenstein illustrating when he remarks, "[i]t is so when, for instance, a teacher examines a pupil. (You can measure to test the ruler.)

Second Question: Seeing As (xi)

What use is Wittgenstein making of the famous duck-rabbit?

Third Question: Hidden Facts (xi)

Why is it that, "[i]f a lion could talk, we could not understand him"?

Fourth Question: On Certainty (xi)

On what foundation does the certainty of mathematics rest?

Fifth Question: Psychology (xiv)

What for Wittgenstein explains the "confusion and barrenness of psychology"?