Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2004
I criticize Carpendale & Lewis's (C&L) attempt to produce a Wittgensteinian theory, as an alternative to work in the “theory of mind” tradition, not because I disagree with it as theory, but because Wittgenstein would be critical of any attempt to make such a use of his work. His concern is with descriptions, not theories.
1. All date-only citations are to Wittgenstein's works.
2. “A philosophical problem has the form: ‘I don't know my way about’” (1953/1968, No.123).