Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology 22 (3):447-471 (2018)
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This article provides a survey of Wittgenstein’s remarks in which he discusses various kinds of technology. I argue that throughout his career, his use of technological examples displays a thematic unity: technologies are invoked in order to illustrate a certain mechanical conception of the mind. I trace how his use of such examples evolved as his views on the mind and on meaning changed. I also discuss an important and somewhat radical anti-mechanistic strain in his later thought and suggest that Wittgenstein’s attitude to mechanistic explanations in psychology was ultimately quite ambivalent.
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Keywords | Wittgenstein Technology Philosophy of Mind Cognitive Science Language of Thought Rule-Following Intentionality Artificial Intelligence Mechanisms Computational Theory of Mind |
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ISBN(s) | 1091-8264 |
DOI | 10.5840/techne2018122092 |
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