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private language arguments

private language arguments is the plural of private language argument.

Meaning of private language argument

Noun

private language argument (plural private language arguments)

  1. The argument, famously made by Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), that a private language cannot exist.

Questions about private language arguments

What is private language arguments the plural of?
Private language arguments is the plural of private language argument.

Words near private language arguments in the dictionary

  1. private labelled
  2. private labelling
  3. private labels
  4. private language
  5. private language argument
  6. private language arguments
  7. private language problem
  8. private language problems
  9. private language theses
  10. private language thesis
  11. private languages

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