ABSTRACT

Among Wittgenstein’s thought experiments, the wood-sellers is one of the most controversial. According to an absolutist interpretation, they are meant to show that we cannot transcend our concepts, and that our rationality is the only possible one. In contrast, according to a relativist interpretation, they are meant to expose the parochialism of our concepts and the contingency of our logic. In this paper, I will attempt to move beyond absolutism and relativism, and I will explore the possibility of a relativistic (as opposed to relativist) reading of the wood-sellers. So, like Carlo Penco, I will use Einstein’s theory of relativity in order to throw some light on them. Yet, I will also contend that Penco’s interpretation falls short of a truly relativistic reading of Wittgenstein.

摘要

在维特根斯坦的思想实验中，卖木头的人是最具争议的之一。根据绝对主义的解释，它们旨在表明我们无法超越我们的概念，我们的理性是唯一可能的。相反，根据相对主义的解释，它们旨在暴露我们概念的狭隘性和我们逻辑的偶然性。在本文中，我将尝试超越绝对主义和相对主义，我将探索对卖木头的相对主义（相对于相对主义）阅读的可能性。因此，像 Carlo Penco 一样，我将使用爱因斯坦的相对论来阐明它们。然而，我还要争辩说，彭科的解释不符合对维特根斯坦的真正相对主义的解读。