What Is Philosophy?. Priest, G. Philosophy, 81(316):189-207, Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal Institute of Philosophy, 2006.
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The article discusses the views of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and Jacques Derrida regarding the nature of philosophy. According to Wittgenstein, philosophical problems arise from words taken out in language game wherein some words are literally meaningless. Derrida points out that words do not latch on anything non-linguistic.
@article{ Priest2006a,
  author = {Priest, Graham},
  title = {What Is Philosophy?},
  journal = {Philosophy},
  year = {2006},
  volume = {81},
  pages = {189-207},
  number = {316},
  abstract = {The article discusses the views of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein
	and Jacques Derrida regarding the nature of philosophy. According
	to Wittgenstein, philosophical problems arise from words taken out
	in language game wherein some words are literally meaningless. Derrida
	points out that words do not latch on anything non-linguistic.},
  copyright = {Copyright 2006 Royal Institute of Philosophy},
  issn = {00318191},
  jstor_articletype = {research-article},
  jstor_formatteddate = {Apr., 2006},
  keywords = {PHILOSOPHYWITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig, 1889-1951DERRIDA, Jacques, 1930-2004VOCABULARYLANGUAGE
	& languages},
  language = {English},
  publisher = {Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal Institute of Philosophy},
  urlweb = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/4127433}
}

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