but I have assumed for some years that Wittgenstein likely had autism given his presentation and behaviour. This would have made communication difficult on occasions. — Tom Storm
That seems unlikely to me because Wittgenstein’s focus was on meaning as sense , and sense is a form
of feeling — Joshs
More likely Wittgenstein's notion of sense is derived from freges distinction between sense and reference, which has little to do (if anything) with feeling. Sense is the expression of a sentence, while reference is the truth value. — emancipate
It seems to have another mystery inside itselfconsidered philosophy as a diversion, one which merits little more attention than a crossword puzzle.
I'd be surprised if he wasn't, but yes it is speculative. Psychiatrist Christopher Gillberg has certainly suspected this. Based on W's behaviors as described by Monk and others - odd formal speech even in childhood, social withdrawal, reluctance to form friendships, easily slighted, eating exactly the same meal day after day, his obsessive narrowly defined technical interests, wearing same clothing each day, inability to do small talk. — Tom Storm
That seems unlikely to me because Wittgenstein’s focus was on meaning as sense , and sense is a form
of feeling. He would have had to have an extraordinarily nuanced understanding of the relation between affectivity and conceptualization, which is precisely what autistics
lack.
His social difficulties may in fact have been due to too much emotional sensitivity. — Joshs
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