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The later philosophy starts from the critics on the picture theory of meaning. The words 'number' and 'not' do not stand for any objects, but they have meaning. This shows that the meaning of a word is not determined by the object, but by its use. Therefore, the meaning of a word is its use in the l...

The later philosophy starts from the critics on the picture theory of meaning. The words 'number' and 'not' do not stand for any objects, but they have meaning. This shows that the meaning of a word is not determined by the object, but by its use. Therefore, the meaning of a word is its use in the later Wittgenstein. The use of language is possible only in the forms of life. The forms of life are what must be accepted, the given. So people agree to the forms of life. This agreement makes the rules of language form, and so makes language game possible. In fact, the forms of life are the data of language and may be regarded as culture. Wittgenstein said that the confusions of language game cause all philosophical problems. When these confusions are eliminated by the right use of language, all philosophical problems will disappear completely. But because of the fact that all the philosophical problems are those of language, Wittgenstein runs into the difficulty. This is no more than he confused the medium of language with what it bears. Philosophy contains not only the problems of language, but also the content of thought which it bears, for example, the views of life and world. If philosophy does not deal with them, but only accepts them as the given, it comes to accept even the defects of the existing views of life and world. As a result, it is hard that philosophers contribute to the happiness of mankind and that philosophy develops. Therefore, I think that philosophy must deal with not only the problems of language, but also the views of life and world more comprehensively.

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