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From: John Schmidt <mindbrainsoul@...>
Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 8:19 pm
Subject: [Wittgentein-Language_Mathematics_and_Science] cognitive and non-cognitive
processes
To: Wittgentein-Language_Mathematics_and_Science@yahoogroups.com

> I have been working at the Wikiversity project. Recently there was a
> wiki page created called "Wittgenstein - Language Games".
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> (http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wittgenstein_-_Language_Games)
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> What did Wittgenstein write about the distinction between cognitive
> and non-cognitive processes?
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> -John Schmidt

"For Wittgenstein, language could be used correctly or incorrectly within the rules of the
game, but primarily it is non - cognitive and it's primary purpose is not to make factual
statements.

John, to answer the question directly: I don't recall him making that explicit distinction.
But you can see talking is non-cognitive. You don't have cue cards in your head that
you read off of, you just talk. Learning language on the other hand is cognitive. We
learn it as we grow and pay little to the attention to it.

The purpose of language is not to make factual statements; but it is only our statments
that are True or False. A tree is neither true or false. There are many types of language
for other uses that are neither right or wrong. Also, don't tie a game to closely to its
rules. Not every contingency can be forseen and there is always uncertainty in a game.

Bob Parr
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