Liguistic turns and malabars of philosophy after Wittgenstein and Jonathan Swift

Abstract

Ludwig Wittgenstein and Jonathan Swift. The first from philosophy and the second from literature. First, are the annotations in his Philosophical Investigations Wittgenstein and in the book On Certainty. Moreover, Swift’s novel is entitled Gulliver’s Travels. Both authors, despite their different speeches, raise a troubling issue about the philosophical work: the twists and linguistic balancing act that usually falls in philosophy in their desire to establish certainty and universal principles. From the concerns of Wittgenstein and the parody of Jonathan Swift, performing a diagnosis of philosophical work from their hobbies and habits of discourse. Wittgenstein leaves open questions. Swift leaves the possibility of response from the field of laughter. And this essay from both authors intended to speak of philosophy itself from the place of the comedy.