After scouring various resources for the better part of the day I decided to find a philosophy forum to see if anyone can help me with this problem. The scouring wasn’t so bad as I learned lots, but still I am a bit frustrated about not being able to find what I was looking for when it might be important.
It seems that some people when quoting the first paragraph of Kripke’s chapter three in Wittgenstein: On Rules and Private Language claim that Kripke attributes Wittgenstein’s words to §202 and not §201 as my copy reads. As far as I tell there has only been one edition of this book (Harvard, 1982). Here are how the quotes read, which seems to me to have quite different meanings (meaning, lol).
My copy:
“The sceptical argument, then, remains unanswered. There can be no such thing as meaning anything by any word. Each new application we make is a leap in the dark; any present intention could be interpreted so as to accord with anything we may choose to do. So there can be neither accord, nor conflict. This is what Wittgenstein said in §201.” (Kripke, p. 55).
Others:
“The sceptical argument, then, remains unanswered. There can be no such thing as meaning anything by any word. Each new application we make is a leap in the dark; any present intention could be interpreted so as to accord with anything we may choose to do. So there can be neither accord, nor conflict. This is what Wittgenstein said in §202.”
or
“The sceptical argument, then, remains unanswered. There can be no such thing as meaning anything by any word. Each new application we make is a leap in the dark; any present intention could be interpreted so as to accord with anything we may choose to do. So there can be neither accord, nor conflict. This is what Wittgenstein said in §202 (sic).”
If anyone can help me with why this is the case I would greatly appreciate it. If I can track done an answer before then I’ll respond. I think I should get to work on my project, but this is going to be bugging me I’m sure as the person I am arguing against does this and it might be important.