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Wittgenstein argues that language is acquired through social practices and rule-following in language games.
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Wittgenstein's later philosophy of language, particularly in Philosophical Investigations, centers on the idea that meaning is use, embedded in social practices (

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Wikipedia: Meaning (philosophy)
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Routledge: Wittgenstein and the idea of a critical social theory : a critique of Giddens, Habermas, and Bhaskar
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References Wittgenstein's rule-following remarks and critical social theory connection.
State University of New York Press: Social constructivism as a philosophy of mathematics
1998 · cited by 0
States explicitly that it is through sharing in playing language games that language is constituted and rules function.
Falmer Press: Mathematics, education, and philosophy : an international perspective
1994 · cited by 0
Mentions Wittgenstein's concept of correct rule-following.
Open University Press: Situating social theory
1996 · cited by 0
Notes that Wittgenstein's later work views forms of life as rule-governed.
SAGE Publications, Inc.: Encyclopedia of philosophy and the social sciences
2013 · cited by 0
Notes norms, rules, and rule-following are embedded in Wittgenstein's language-games.
HarperCollinsPublishers: Collins Dictionary [of] Sociology
2000 · cited by 0
Links Wittgenstein's language games to language-embedded social practices.
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  1. Wikipedia: Ludwig Wittgensteinreferencesame source L1supports
  2. Wikipedia: Language gamereferencesame source L1no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  3. Wikipedia: Meaning (philosophy)referencesame source L1supports
  4. Routledge: Wittgenstein and the idea of a critical social theory : a critique of Giddens, Habermas, and Bhaskarreferencesupports
  5. State University of New York Press: Social constructivism as a philosophy of mathematicsreferencesupports
  6. Falmer Press: Mathematics, education, and philosophy : an international perspectivereferencesupports
  7. Open University Press: Situating social theoryreferencesupports
  8. SAGE Publications, Inc.: Encyclopedia of philosophy and the social sciencesreferencesupports
  9. Oxford University Press: The Oxford handbook of American philosophyreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  10. HarperCollinsPublishers: Collins Dictionary [of] Sociologyreferencesupports
  11. Cambridge University Press: The Cambridge encyclopedia of the language sciencesreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  12. Wikisource: Women in the Fine Arts/Women in the Fine Artsreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  13. OpenAIRE: A Brief Overview of Yalçın Koç and His Philosophypeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  14. OpenAIRE: Indirect Speech Acts: Between Modern Linguistics and Arabic Linguistic Traditionpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
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