Wittgenstein on Expectation, Action, and Internal Relations, 1930-1932
Title:
Wittgenstein on Expectation, Action, and Internal Relations, 1930-1932
Author:
Blank, Andreas
Appeared in:
Inquiry
Paging:
Volume 50 (2007) nr. 3 pages 270-287
Year:
2007
Contents:
According to Wittgenstein, internal relations are such that, once their terms are given, it is unthinkable that they do not hold. In his early philosophy, the concept of internal relation plays a central role in his views on meaning. The present paper addresses the question of how Wittgenstein's views about internal relations develop during his years of transition (1930-32). In particular, it investigates the connections between the concepts of internal relation, logical multiplicity, and aspect seeing in two thematic fields: (1) Wittgenstein's discussion of the relation between an expectation and what fulfils it, and (2) his discussion of the relation between a sign and an action guided by it.
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