The Language Game of Describing Pain : Can the Requirement Be Generalized That the Inner States Stand in Need of Outward Criteria?

イタミ ノ ビョウシャ ノ ゲンゴ ゲーム ナイテキ ジョウタイ ニタイスル ガイテキ キジュン ノ ヨウキュウ ワ イッパンカ デキルカ

Maruta, Ken

オオサカ ダイガク ニンゲン カガクブ シャカイガク ニンゲンガク ジンルイガク ケンキュウシツ

英語

内的状態

外的基準

痛みの質

Wittgenstein

inner state

outward criteria

quality of pain

The following thesis is often attributed to Wittgenstein: the inner state stands in need of public rules; to obey them is to be carefully distinguished from merely thinking that one does so. The tendency to generalize this requirement can be seen, for example, in the standard interpretations of Wittgenstein's so called "private language argument". I propose in this paper to reconsider this tendency. The reconsideration will be accomplished through the examination of the use of words in describing the quality of pain. Describing pain is often difficult even when speaking in one's native language. My argument is that this is because the use of words in this language-game is not taught using some criteria of application as characterized in the thesis under consideration. In order to obtain the Übersicht of language use, it is necessary to avoid a one-sided diet on a particular philosophical thesis.

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