Kripkenstein and Mathematics as the Language of Nature

Authors

  • Nour Khairi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33043/S.13.1.130-141

Abstract

This paper addresses the skeptical paradox highlighted in Saul Kripke’s work Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language. The skeptical paradox stands in the way of many attempts to fix meaning in the rule-following of a language. This paper closely assesses the ‘straight solutions’ to this problem with regards to another type of language; mathematics. A conclusion is made that if we cannot sufficiently locate where the meaning lies in a mathematical operation; if we cannot describe how it is that we follow a rule in mathematics, we ought to tread lightly in characterising it as the language of nature.

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Published

2020-04-14

How to Cite

Khairi, N. (2020). Kripkenstein and Mathematics as the Language of Nature. Stance: An International Undergraduate Philosophy Journal, 13(1), 130–141. https://doi.org/10.33043/S.13.1.130-141

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2020): Stance Volume 13

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