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...
Quote: Language Games, Intentionality, and LLMs philosophy-knowledge
- 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...
Quote: Polanyi, Wittgenstein, and tacit knowledge philosophy-knowledge
- 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 ...
Quote: Tacit knowledge, business theory, and generative AI knowledge-systems
Pages
- Language Games, Intentionality, and LLMs
A literature-grounded report on Wittgensteinian language games, intentionality, and recent philosophical work on large language models.
philosophy-knowledge
- Polanyi, Wittgenstein, and tacit knowledge
Compare Polanyi's tacit knowledge and what can be said/shown in Tractatus Logico-Philosophique from the perspectives of practical understanding and comprehensive understanding.
philosophy-knowledge
- Tacit knowledge, business theory, and generative AI
Organize tacit knowledge from Polanyi, Wittgenstein, organizational knowledge creation theory, and knowledge management in the era of generative AI.
knowledge-systems