From: dnomhcir@gmx.com   
      
   x  writes:   
      
   > On 5/6/25 12:32, Ed Cryer wrote:   
   >> Is it philosophy to debate whether Canada should become a state of   
   >> USA?  Is it philosophy to debate Israel's campaigns against its   
   >> neighbours?  Is it philosophy to debate whether global warming is   
   >> true or not?  I say no to all of those.  Ever since René Descartes   
   >> revived philosophical enquiry in the 17th century, it's been about   
   >> the limits of reason; what is reason, where does it lead, why do we   
   >> have it?  Some major philosophers since then.  John Locke -   
   >> empiricism.  George Berkeley - idealism.  David Hume.  Immanuel Kant.   
   >> Ludwig Wittgenstein.  Ed   
   >   
   > Hmm.   
   >   
   > I guess Wittgenstein said something about the analysis of language?   
   >   
   > I know he did not invent all of those symbols, and are 'word problems'   
   > valid math?   
   >   
   > Is 'math' a type of language?   
   >   
   > Did Wittgenstein destroy modern philosophical enquiry?   
   >   
   > I am thinking maybe no.  Are there any out there who would argue maybe   
   > yes?   
   >   
   > We have now entered another dark age of philosophy ushered in by   
   > Wittgenstein?  What does the math say?  Can you calculate that with a   
   > slide rule?   
   >   
   > Is language utterly divorced from reason?  Is it a type of reason?  Is   
   > it the only type of reason?   
      
   Language can be used to express logic and reason. And it can express   
   other things too. But many problems can arise from differences in the   
   perceived meaning of words.   
      
   For example, all cats have four legs. Tom is a cat, therefore Tom has   
   four legs. That's logical enough, but what is a cat?   
      
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