Thanks for your reply on the cognitive/non-cognitive
distinction. Maybe we could say that Wittgenstein did
not explicitly use the terms "cognitive" and
"non-cognitive", but the idea of a non-cognitive
foundation for language is implicit in his work.

-John Schmidt
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Schmidt <mindbrainsoul@...>
> Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 8:19 pm
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> cognitive and non-cognitive
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> > I have been working at the Wikiversity project.
> Recently there was a
> > wiki page created called "Wittgenstein - Language
> Games".
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> >
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(http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wittgenstein_-_Language_Games)

> >
> > What did Wittgenstein write about the distinction
> between cognitive
> > and non-cognitive processes?
> >
> > -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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