Wittgenstein on Meaning

Wittgenstein changed the course of philosophy with his 1953 book, Philosophical Investigations. One of his most famous ideas is “meaning is use”. But what does that mean, and why was it so influential?

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00:00 - Intro
01:01 - The Augustinian View of Language
03:41 - Why Augustine?
05:14 - Wittgenstein’s objections to the Augustinian view
11:44 - The Cartesian model of the mind
15:39 - Games and Family Resemblances
19:31 - Language games
21:05 - Form of life
25:17 - Meaning as use

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