Paradigms and self-reference: what is the point of asserting paradoxical sentences?

MÁCHA, Jakub. Paradigms and self-reference: what is the point of asserting paradoxical sentences? In Shyam Wuppuluri, Newton da Costa. Wittgensteinian (adj.): Looking at the World from the Viewpoint of Wittgenstein's Philosophy. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2020, s. 123-134. The Frontiers Collection. ISBN 978-3-030-27568-6. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27569-3_9.

Základní údaje

• Originální název: Paradigms and self-reference: what is the point of asserting paradoxical sentences?
• Autoři: MÁCHA, Jakub (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí).
• Vydání: Cham, Switzerland, Wittgensteinian (adj.): Looking at the World from the Viewpoint of Wittgenstein's Philosophy, od s. 123-134, 12 s. The Frontiers Collection, 2020.
• Nakladatel: Springer

Další údaje

• Originální jazyk: angličtina
• Typ výsledku: Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize
• Obor: 60301 Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
• Stát vydavatele: Švýcarsko
• Utajení: není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
• Forma vydání: tištěná verze "print"
• WWW: google books URL
• Kód RIV: RIV/00216224:14210/20:00113970
• Organizační jednotka: Filozofická fakulta
• ISBN: 978-3-030-27568-6
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27569-3_9
• UT WoS: 000630349000011
• Klíčová slova anglicky: paradox; self-reference; paradigm; yardstick; rule; Ludwig Wittgenstein; Gottlob Frege
• Štítky: rivok, topvydavatel
• Příznaky: Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Anotace

A paradox, according to Wittgenstein, is something surprising that is taken out of its context. Thus, one way of dealing with paradoxical sentences is to imagine the missing context of use. Wittgenstein formulates what I call the paradigm paradox: ‘one sentence can never describe the paradigm in another, unless it ceases to be a paradigm.’ (PG, p.346) There are several instances of this paradox scattered throughout Wittgenstein’s writings. I argue that this paradox is structurally equivalent to Russell’s paradox. The above quotation is Wittgenstein’s version of the vicious circle principle which counteracts the paradox. The prohibition Wittgenstein describes is, however, limited to a certain language-game. Finally, I argue that there is a structural analogy between a noun being employed as a self-membered set and a paradigmatic sample being included in or excluded from the set it generates. Paradoxical sentences are not prohibited forever; they can indicate a change in our praxis with a given paradigm.

Návaznosti

• GA19-16680S, projekt VaV: Název: Paradigmatické myšlení: singularita, universalita, sebe-reference (Akronym: Paradigmatic thinking)

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Paradigmatic thinking: singularity, universality, self-reference