This paper is divided into three parts.The first surveys Wittgenstein’s anti?essentialistic program viz.theories of “family resemblance”and “language?games”comprehensively.The second points out that Wittgenstein...This paper is divided into three parts.The first surveys Wittgenstein’s anti?essentialistic program viz.theories of “family resemblance”and “language?games”comprehensively.The second points out that Wittgenstein’s program is false according to the principles of “Membership Rigidity”and of “Crossworld Extensionality”in modal set theory based on essentialism.The third is the opinions I wish to discuss with Zhang Zhilin’s anti?essentialistic program based on Wittgenstein’s theories of “family resemblance”and “language?games”.展开更多
文摘This paper is divided into three parts.The first surveys Wittgenstein’s anti?essentialistic program viz.theories of “family resemblance”and “language?games”comprehensively.The second points out that Wittgenstein’s program is false according to the principles of “Membership Rigidity”and of “Crossworld Extensionality”in modal set theory based on essentialism.The third is the opinions I wish to discuss with Zhang Zhilin’s anti?essentialistic program based on Wittgenstein’s theories of “family resemblance”and “language?games”.
