Ep. 310: Wittgenstein On World-Pictures (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Mark Linsenmayer
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🗓️ 6 February 2023
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
We continue with Ludwig Wittgenstein's On Certainty (written 1951), with guest Christopher Heath.
What is Wittgenstein's philosophy of science as it's reflected in this book? We talk about Weltbilds (world pictures) and how these relate to language games, relativism, verification, paradigms, testimony, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | just wanted to let you know that we'll be doing a live show Saturday April 15th in New York City |
| 0:05.4 | discussing the brothers Karamazov. |
| 0:07.9 | Go to partialexaminalife.com slash live show for more information and to purchase tickets in advance. |
| 0:22.5 | You're listening to Partially Examined Life, a podcast by some guys who at one point |
| 0:26.1 | said on doing philosophy for a living but then thought better of it. Our question for episode 310 |
| 0:31.3 | is something like how do our presuppositions affect our picture of the world. |
| 0:36.0 | And we're continuing from episode 309 with our discussion of Ludwig Vittgenstein's on certainty, |
| 0:42.1 | written in 1951 published in 1969. For more information please see Partially ExaminedLife.com. |
| 0:48.2 | This is Mark Linton Meyer doing philosophy like an old person who's always mislaying something |
| 0:52.1 | and then having to look for it again. Now my glasses, now my keys, in Madison, Wisconsin. |
| 0:56.8 | This is Seth Pascon subjectively but not objectively certain that I am sitting in front of my desk |
| 1:03.3 | staring at a screen with a bunch of white dudes in Austin, Texas. |
| 1:08.2 | This is Wes AllOne or so I believe. I'm not sure if I can be in doubt about that in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
| 1:15.2 | This is Dylan Casey. Feeling no scruples whatsoever about ordering my life in line with the |
| 1:21.3 | principles of physics in Madison, Wisconsin. And we brought in a ringer for this continued |
| 1:26.4 | discussion. I'm Christopher Heath and I'm pretty sure I haven't been to the mood in Los Angeles, |
| 1:32.1 | California. So Chris was someone who I was emailing with about philosophy of science episodes. |
| 1:37.8 | When it came down to do the last bunch of philosophy of science episodes. Yeah I missed that. |
| 1:41.7 | I think that was my. Something happened. I had just talked to you for other reasons and you |
| 1:48.2 | would reveal that you are a great fan of this book and we're willing to on a mere week's note is |
| 1:52.8 | jump in and I don't know did you get caught up. I did. I listened to so I read the more that you |
| 1:58.4 | guys read and listen to those episodes, which is interesting because I've always been a little |
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