LOGIC

  RADICAL INTERPRETATION: FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING (Joshua Peliño, BA-Philosophy 3)                         Donald Davidson's radical interpretation stands as a pivotal concept within the realms of both language and mind philosophy, presenting a unique method for grasping the essence of linguistic meaning and mental states. Fundamental to this approach is the core idea of interpreting an individual's language and beliefs without dependence on shared linguistic or cultural norms. Davidson argues that, even in the absence of prior knowledge about the language being interpreted, a successful interpretation is achievable by ascribing beliefs and meanings to the speaker.             A key tenet of Davidson's radical interpretation lies in his principle of charity, wherein he asserts that interpreters should attribu...

  RADICAL TRANSLATION: FROM VAGUENESS TO CLEARNESS (Joshua Peliño, BA-Philosophy 3)             Willard Van Orman Quine's radical translation, a foundational concept in the philosophy of language, disrupts conventional notions regarding language and meaning. Quine posits that the translation process from one language to another is not a straightforward and determinate endeavor. Instead, he advocates for a comprehensive approach that considers an entire language within its cultural and contextual framework. Within this radical translation, Quine introduces the idea of indeterminacy, emphasizing the existence of multiple valid interpretations and translations for linguistic expressions. This departure from a rigid, one-to-one correspondence challenges traditional perspectives on translation and meaning.             An essential component of Quine's radical translation inv...

  LANGUAGE IS ALWAYS CONNECTED TO REALITY (Joshua Peliño, BA-Philosophy 3)                         Language is a universal thing in which we use it as our medium for communication, direction, expressing thought and ideas. We can simply convey a message with the use of language and we cannot deny the fact that most of us are dependent in language and it is easy for us to express or idea, thought   or even dictate and language as a method for communion help us to understand the meaning of things. In is easy for us to label things as our means for convention, language as a tool may help us for development.             Ludwig Wittgenstein, a prominent figure of modern philosophy presents us a notion that language and reality is connected, I mean language for it to be reliable, truth and clear if it is anchored in...

  BEYOND RULE: IN THE LENSE OF WITTGINSTIEN LANGAUGE GAMES (Joshua Peliño, BA-Philosophy 3)             Language games is the relation between the use of each language and how it is like playing a game according to certain rules. Every language game is different, each governed by their own unique set of rules. Language is defined not as a system of representation but as a system of devices for engaging in various sorts of social activity, hence ‘the meaning of the word is its use in the language’. (Weerasekara, 2013).             Language games is simple rules ion every language we ought to use. By the use of this way, we can actually create a word that is capable of explaining things and other communication styles. By this Wittgenstein uses this kind of method in a way that it explains the capacity to men to formulate words and create new sets of words with the use of ...

    WALK YOUR TALK (Joshua J. Pelino, BA-Philosophy 3) J.L. Austin categorizes all utterances into performative (henceforth performatives) and constative (henceforth constatives) utterances, arguing that to say anything is to do something. Then, he makes an attempt but is unable to develop a standard for differentiating between constatives and performatives. He therefore gives up on using a criterion to distinguish between constatives and performatives in utterances and comes to the conclusion that all utterances are performatives. But his argument breaks down when he analyzes utterances since it leads to an infinite regress. (Araki, 2018)             According to Austin, when a speaker utters a sentence, they are performing an illocutionary act of exerting a certain force, as opposed to a locutionary act of meaning-giving and a perlocutionary act of accomplishing specific effects. The locutionary act is the act of say...