La escalera de Wittgenstein

Authors

  • Daniel Gutiérrez Vera New York University (Nueva York, EEUU)

Keywords:

Wittgenstein, Tractatus, Lacan, lenguaje, ciencias sociales

Abstract

This article aims at contrasting salient ideas of Ludwig Wittgentstein’s Tractatus logico- philosophicus with some theoretical insights that are prevalent in the academic field of social sciences. Many of these have adopted the form of propositions about society, but do they say something? Or they would better have to keep silent vis-à-vis theoretical object that they often fail to define correctly?

Social sciences must ask itself about the limits of its own saying. Language has borders that put limits to what can be say and what can only be shown. To transgress it can eventually lead to empty statements.

Taking as a model the anti-philosophical cure proposed by Wittgenstein, social disciplines would significantly improve itself. Large doses of anti-sociology may be the most appropriate prescription for them

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Published

2018-05-10

How to Cite

Gutiérrez Vera, D. (2018). La escalera de Wittgenstein. Uru: Revista De Comunicación Y Cultura, (1), 59–80. Retrieved from https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/uru/article/view/26312514.2018.1.4

Issue

No. 1 (2018): URU, Journal of Communication and Culture

Section

Artículos de investigación

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