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Wittgenstein.
The name inspires fear and confusion in Analytics and Continentals alike.

>"You're misunderstanding Wittgenstein!"

That's what you'll likely hear from most Wittgenstein scholars - especially when they're talking to Platonists or, worse, to other Wittgenstein scholars. But what can we say about this misunderstanding? What about your own qualms with the fellow?


Ladies (male) and Gentlemen, for one night only I shall be answering your direct questions and confusions about Wittgenstein right here in this thread.
If you waffle then it'll be difficult for me to quibble with the words your using so try to be succinct or when you ask many questions try to do so in short sentences.

Make the most of me!

>“If you tried to doubt everything you would not get as far as doubting anything. The game of doubting itself presupposes certainty” (1969, §115). What makes possible doubting is “the fact that some propositions are exempt from doubt, are as it were like hinges on which those turn” (1969, §341)

What did he mean by this? What are these hinges that he is talking off?

Let's consider the material skeptic, on what propositions are his doubts based?

Bib:
Wittgenstein, Ludwig. 1969. On Certainty, G.E.M. Anscombe and G.H. von Wright (eds.). New York: Harper & Row.

do you think there would of been someone else that came up with groundbreaking ideas at the time

or was he the only one capable of it?

smarter than this man?

for better or for worse, if you agree with his ideas or not?

I don't care if you like his ideas or not

he is really the only answer for this question, realistically

Philosophy is just samantics LMAO
Arguing over what words means is pointless like "buh buh buh buh buh" could mean anything dude just roll with it