Wittgenstein on Private Language

Abstract

COULD WE IMAGINE A LANGUAGE IN WHICH A PERSON COULDEXPRESS HIS INNER SENSATIONS OR EXPERIENCES FOR HIS PRIVATEUSE? THE AUTHOR EXPLICATES WITTGENSTEIN'S VIEWS, GIVINGONE, AN EXPOSE OF CERTAIN CONSIDERATIONS WHICH LENDPLAUSIBILITY TO THE NOTION OF A PRIVATE LANGUAGE, AND TWO,A REDUCTION "AD ABSURDUM" OF THE NOTION OF A PRIVATELANGUAGE OR PRIVATE UNDERSTANDING. THE UTILITY OF A SIGNAND ITS INTELLIGIBILITY IN THE COMMON LANGUAGE GO HAND INHAND; A SIGN WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE SIMPLY "ASSOCIATED"WITH A SENSATION CANNOT HAVE A USE. HENCE, ANY SIGN WHICHHAS A USE CANNOT BE SIMPLY ASSOCIATED WITH A SENSATION.(STAFF)