AN ORDINARY UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN BEINGS

Abstract

In this article I elucidate the term ‘human being’ by specifyingconcepts associated to it with intention of  emphasizing the primacy of one concept in particular. This is Wittgenstein’s concept of  an ordinaryhuman being as it is used in the Philosophical Investigations (2009). It is arguedthatthis notion islogically primitive,that is to say,a basic elementinour conceptualrepertoirethat can serveusasa preliminarysourceforanalyzingdiverseaspectsof this individual. The idea is to outlinehere a conceptual framework wherein this individual can be studied

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