jwright82
Puritan Board Post-Graduate
Wittgenstein is far more important than people think. His argument against a private language is transcendental, Bahnsen points this out (see Van Til reader) in his work.
His point is this you could only invent a private language after learning a social one, so your starting point is social not private. Also since words are socially learned you must use them socially to get your point across unless your simply talking nonsense, which is meaningless. You could invent a private language but it would be of no use to you, since you couldn't communicate with anyone unless you translated it into a socially acceptable language, ( hence defeating the purpose of "private ").
Hence a private language is practically impossible, you can't get there from here.
His point is this you could only invent a private language after learning a social one, so your starting point is social not private. Also since words are socially learned you must use them socially to get your point across unless your simply talking nonsense, which is meaningless. You could invent a private language but it would be of no use to you, since you couldn't communicate with anyone unless you translated it into a socially acceptable language, ( hence defeating the purpose of "private ").
Hence a private language is practically impossible, you can't get there from here.