Brad, Have you read Ray Monk's biography of Wittgenstein? Stephen Toulmin gave it rave reviews. He was a student of Wittgenstein and I think I recall you mentioning his 'Cosmopolis' on this list. I have no idea where you came up with the Asperger's syndrome stuff. Scientists do play their own language games, so do all the disciplines. Isn't that what first year 101 courses are all about? Learning the languages (&superstars)of economics, poli sc, psych, physics... Brian
At 08:08 PM 2/2/2002 -0500, Brad wrote: >Sorry, I didn't see this last point. > >Wittgenstein seems likely to have had Asperger's(sp?) >syndrome [mild autism]. Did he love >anybody? Who but an autistic could come >up with the conceptualization that the forms of social >life are: > > language games > >? > >Wouldn't >a person who was dissociated but also a genius be likely to >think about whether a person could be >"meaning blind"? > >Sounds like autism to me -- but then I am >making interpretations "beyond the basic rule" (ref. Freud), >so they are merely speculative. > >\brad mccormick > >-- > Let your light so shine before men, > that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16) > > Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21) > ><![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED] >----------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit my website ==> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/
