Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2016

Publication Title

Encyclopedia of educational philosophy and theory.

Publisher

Springer

Keywords

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Peter Winch, Science Learning

Abstract

As one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) has impacted a variety of scholarly disciplines, including education theory and research. Wittgenstein’s later works are often cited for their insights into a wide variety of philosophical topics, including meaning and understanding, rule following, the “inner” and “outer” realms of human activity, and certainty about knowledge. In contrast to the representationalist view of language expressed in his earlier work, these writings identify the meaning of an expression as its rule-governed use in language, inextricably tied to its use in our lives.

First Page

1

Last Page

6

Issue

07 April 2016

DOI

10.1007/978-981-287-532-7_40-1

Version

Post-Print

Peer Reviewed

1

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