# Wittgenstein and folk theories of language and intelligence

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2007-07-01-wittgenstein-and-folk-theories-of-language-and-intelligence

The piece argues that a Wittgenstein quotation reflects folk theories that separate logical intelligence from language's imperfect and deceptive expression.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 1 July 2007

## Where it lives

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## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 1 July 2007
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: language, folk-theories, cognition, semantics.

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