Rule-following, meaning constitution, and enaction
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Rule-following, meaning constitution, and enaction. / Lo Presti, Patrizio Ulf Enrico.
In: Human Affairs, Vol. 25, 2015, p. 110.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Rule-following, meaning constitution, and enaction
AU - Lo Presti, Patrizio Ulf Enrico
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The paper submits a criticism of the standard formulation of Wittgenstein’s rule following paradox. According to the standard formulation, influenced by Kripke, the paradox invites us to consider what mental or behavioral items could constitute meaning. The author proposes instead an enactivist understanding of the paradox. On this account there is no essential gap between mental items and behavioral patterns such that the paradox enforces a choice between meaning being constituted either internally ‘in mind,’ or externally ‘in behavior.’ The paper begins with an introduction to the paradox and then presents arguments against standard solutions. It ends with the enactivist proposal, admitting that although much more needs to be said before it can be established as a full-fledged alternative, it nonetheless holds some promise both for revising our understanding of the paradox and for the formulation of a novel solution.
AB - The paper submits a criticism of the standard formulation of Wittgenstein’s rule following paradox. According to the standard formulation, influenced by Kripke, the paradox invites us to consider what mental or behavioral items could constitute meaning. The author proposes instead an enactivist understanding of the paradox. On this account there is no essential gap between mental items and behavioral patterns such that the paradox enforces a choice between meaning being constituted either internally ‘in mind,’ or externally ‘in behavior.’ The paper begins with an introduction to the paradox and then presents arguments against standard solutions. It ends with the enactivist proposal, admitting that although much more needs to be said before it can be established as a full-fledged alternative, it nonetheless holds some promise both for revising our understanding of the paradox and for the formulation of a novel solution.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Wittgenstein
KW - rule-following
KW - meaning
KW - enaction
KW - interaction
M3 - Journal article
VL - 25
SP - 110
JO - Human Affairs
JF - Human Affairs
SN - 1210-3055
ER -
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