The Abuse of “Meaning is Use”

14/11/2025
The Abuse of “Meaning is Use”

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Someone, somewhere coined the powerful phrase “meaning is use,” but the expression as we know it is from Ludwig Wittgenstein. Among other things, it causes a great deal of headache, which includes figuring out what in the world it means. Regardless of whether it’s right or even what it means exactly, we can still say something about what it does Continue Reading …
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