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Wittgenstein

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Definition

Wittgenstein refers to Ludwig Wittgenstein, a central figure in twentieth-century analytic philosophy of language, logic, rules, and forms of life.

Background

His early Tractatus examined the limits of language, world, and logic; his later work reoriented meaning around use, practice, and language games.

Position

He is a key reference for language games, Philosophy of Language, Intentionality, and philosophical debates about LLM language use.

Distinctions

  • Early and later Wittgenstein should not be collapsed into one doctrine.
  • Wittgenstein did not write about LLMs; contemporary LLM debates apply his concepts to a new setting.

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  • Language Games, Intentionality, and LLMs
    | Human uptake and institutional accountability | 3. Reading LLMs Through Language Games In later Wittgenstein, meaning is not a simple correspondence relation. It is constitute...
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  • Polanyi, Wittgenstein, and tacit knowledge
    Point of contact between Polanyi's tacit knowledge and Tractatus Logico-Philosophique 1. Executive Summary Both Polanyi and the early Wittgenstein showed that knowledge cannot b...
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  • Tacit knowledge, business theory, and generative AI
    Definition of tacit knowledge, business theory, trends in the generative AI era 1. Executive Summary Although tacit knowledge is "knowledge that cannot be put into words," this ...
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