Wittgenstein on the Experience of Meaning： Historical and Contemporary Perspectives  

作　　者：Michel ter Hark 

机构地区：[1]VU University

出　　处：《Journal of Philosophy Study》2013年第10期974-981,共8页哲学研究（英文版）

摘　　要：This paper discusses a neglected theme in Wittgenstein＇s writings on meaning and psychology from the early 1930s until 1949. Throughout this period Wittgenstein deals with aspects of meaning of words and pictures that cannot be accounted for in dispositional terms but have to be related to experience and perception. Wittgenstein＇s reading of William James, I argue, has sharpened his eye for the many pitfalls in coming to terms with this experiential notion of meaning. James＇s treatment of experiences of meaning succumbs to the temptation to postulate ~~meaning-bodies,＂ bearers of meaning apart from the way and context in which we use the particular words. I argue that the conflation of what Wittgenstein calls the transitive and intransitive use of words is at the root of postulating meaning-bodies. I also argue that contemporary treatments of experiences of meaning are similarly vulnerable to James＇s confusion.

关 键 词：WITTGENSTEIN William James meaning-body experience of meaning transitive and intransitive use ofwords 

分 类 号：N02[自然科学总论—科学技术哲学] TP391[自动化与计算机技术—计算机应用技术]