private language argument

noun

The argument, famously made by Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), that a private language cannot exist.

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Meanings

nounprivate language argument (plural private language arguments)

plural private language arguments

  1. human sciencesThe argument, famously made by Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), that a private language cannot exist.
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