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"?