Private Language
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · 2019 · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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Summary
Reference entry on Wittgenstein's private-language argument and its implications for purely private meanings and sensations.
How this source is used on the map
A central philosophical challenge to solipsistic pictures of meaning, language, and private experience.
Citation record
- Authors
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Year
- 2019
- Publication
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Source type
- Philosophy reference
- Map role
- challenges
- Credibility level
- primary
- Citation status
- Verified
- DOI
- Not recorded
- PubMed
- Not recorded
- Not recorded
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Useful counter-anchor for solipsism because it shows the canonical common-sense reply and its limits.
Places solipsism inside the broader skeptical tradition rather than treating it as an empirical worldview.
Use this as the philosophical background for solipsism and for disputed minds in non-human or artificial systems. It is context, not direct evidence that any specific entity is conscious.
Useful for separating serious philosophy of self from spiritualized higher-self language.
Useful general-audience entry point; the SEP 'Other Minds' entry is the deeper academic reference.