Wittgenstein's Forms of Life, Patterns of Life and Ways of Living

Daniele Moyal-Sharrock

Wittgenstein's Forms of Life, Patterns of Life and Ways of Living

Daniele Moyal-Sharrock

Philosophy

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This paper aims to distinguish Wittgenstein's concept of 'form of life' from other concepts or expressions that have been confused or conflated with it, such as 'language-game', 'certainty', 'patterns of life', 'ways of living' and 'facts of living'. Competing interpretations of Wittgenstein's 'form(s) of life' are reviewed (Baker & Hacker, Cavell, Conway, Garver), and it is concluded that Wittgenstein intended both a singular and a plural use of the concept; with, where the human is concerned, a single human form of life characterized by innumerable forms of human life.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	21-42
Journal	Nordic Wittsgenstein Studies
Volume	October
Publication status	Published - 6 Oct 2015

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Wittgenstein
forms of life
patterns of life
language-game
certainty

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