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Early Wittgenstein saw most of the questions of philosophy as
{ 1 } - admitting of clear-cut, literal answers.
{ 2 } - nonsensical.
{ 3 } - very speculative -- so we cannot arrive with certainty at the answers.
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Early Wittgenstein saw most of the questions of philosophy as
{ 1 } - admitting of clear-cut, literal answers.
{ 2 } - nonsensical.
{ 3 } - very speculative -- so we cannot arrive with certainty at the answers.
These philosophical questions don't make sense. We need to dissolve the questions -- to show that they are senseless -- instead of literally answering them.
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Early Wittgenstein saw most of the questions of philosophy as
{ 1 } - admitting of clear-cut, literal answers.
{ 2 } - nonsensical.
{ 3 } - very speculative -- so we cannot arrive with certainty at the answers.
Philosophers raise their "deep" questions because they misunderstand language and its limits -- they try to say things that cannot be said. So we cannot give answers to such questions. Instead, we can show that such questions lack sense and so are illegitimate.
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Early Wittgenstein saw most of the questions of philosophy as
{ 1 } - admitting of clear-cut, literal answers.
{ 2 } - nonsensical.
{ 3 } - very speculative -- so we cannot arrive with certainty at the answers.
Russell would have said this, but not Wittgenstein.
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