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Saul Kripke's Rule and private language.

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SEM. MERVIN F.

RUPINTA II
SAUL KRIPKE
WITTGENSTEIN; ON RULES AND
PRIVATE LANGUAGE
ON RULES AND PRIVATE LANGUAGE
PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION: HOW WE CAN JUSTIFY OUR
UNDERSTANDING OF RULES AND MEANINGS, PARTICULARLY IN
THE CONTEXT OF PRIVATE LANGUAGE AND THE SKEPTICAL
PARADOX REGARDING RULE-FOLLOWING.
ANSWER: THE ANSWER IS THAT WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND
MEANING OR RULES JUST BY LOOKING INSIDE OUR OWN MINDS;
WE NEED TO CONSIDER HOW PEOPLE USE LANGUAGE TOGETHER
IN A COMMUNITY. THIS MEANS THAT OUR UNDERSTANDING OF
WORDS AND RULES COMES FROM SHARED EXPERIENCES AND
AGREEMENTS WITH OTHERS, NOT JUST FROM OUR PERSONAL
THOUGHTS.
SAUL KRIPKE'S SUPPORTS THIS
BY STATING THAT MEANING IS
INHERENTLY SOCIAL AND
CANNOT EXIST IN ISOLATION.
CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING
QUOTE FROM PAGE 202: “HENCE
IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO OBEY A
RULE 'PRIVATELY': OTHERWISE
THINKING ONE WAS OBEYING A
RULE WOULD BE THE SAME
THING AS OBEYING IT.”
GIBSON, JOHN (2020) SUPPORTS THIS BY
STATING THAT KRIPKE'S INTERPRETATION OF
WITTGENSTEIN EFFECTIVELY DEMONSTRATES
THAT THE MEANING OF LANGUAGE CANNOT BE
DETERMINED IN ISOLATION BUT MUST BE
UNDERSTOOD THROUGH COMMUNAL
INTERACTIONS.
CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING QUOTE FROM
PAGE 1030:
“KRIPKE SHOWS THAT MEANING IS INHERENTLY
SOCIAL, AS ANY ATTEMPT TO FOLLOW A RULE
PRIVATELY LEADS TO INCOHERENCE.”
LYNCH, MICHAEL P. (2021) LIKEWISE STATES
THAT KRIPKE’S SKEPTICISM ABOUT RULE-
FOLLOWING EMPHASIZES THAT TRUTH AND
MEANING ARE DEEPLY TIED TO COMMUNITY
PRACTICES. WITHOUT COMMUNAL
VALIDATION, RULE-FOLLOWING BECOMES
IMPOSSIBLE.
THE FOLLOWING LINES ON PAGE 380 ARE
INSTRUCTIVE:
“THE COMMUNAL ASPECT IS NOT JUST AN
ADD-ON; IT IS CENTRAL TO THE VERY
POSSIBILITY OF MEANING ANYTHING AT ALL.”
SIMONS, PETER (2019) ASSERTS ALSO THAT
KRIPKE’S PARADOX HIGHLIGHTS THE
NORMATIVITY OF MEANING, SHOWING THAT
RULES AND LANGUAGE RELY ON SOCIAL
CONSTRUCTS RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL
COGNITIVE PROCESSES.
IN PAGE 315, WE FIND THE STATEMENT:
“KRIPKE’S SKEPTICAL CHALLENGE
UNDERSCORES THAT THE MEANING OF A WORD
IS NOT SOMETHING AN INDIVIDUAL CAN
DETERMINE ALONE, BUT RATHER THROUGH
SHARED PRACTICES.”
THEREFORE, KRIPKE’S ANALYSIS LEADS
TO THE CONCLUSION THAT LANGUAGE
AND MEANING ARE FUNDAMENTALLY
COMMUNAL PHENOMENA. THIS
RESEARCH HAS HELPED ME REALIZE
THAT UNDERSTANDING AND
FOLLOWING RULES IS IMPOSSIBLE
WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE SHARED
PRACTICES AND AGREEMENTS THAT
UNDERPIN LANGUAGE IN A
COMMUNITY.