Arbitrariness of grammar in the philosophical investigations of Ludwig Wittgenstein

• Grant number: 07/02449-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2007
• End date: June 30, 2008
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Philosophy - History of Philosophy
• Principal Investigator: João Vergílio Gallerani Cuter
• Grantee: Giovane Rodrigues Silva
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The thesis of arbitrariness of grammar proposes that the constitution and the functioning of the rules of the grammar of any language is not determined by any extra-linguistic element. This project proposes a reflection on this topic starting from the study of the ostensive definitions, specially in cases in which samples are used for the definition of a word. (AU)