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The term "Family resemblance" as feature of Wittgenstein's philosophy owes much to its translation in English. Wittgenstein, who wrote mostly in German, used the compound word Familienähnlichkeit, but as he lectured and conversed in English he used 'family likeness' (e.g. The Blue Book, p. 17,33; The Brown Book,§66).
Family resemblance refers to physical similarities shared between close relatives, especially between parents and children and between siblings. [1] In psychology , the similarities of personality are also observed.
Resemblance may refer to: Similarity (philosophy), or resemblance, a relation between objects that constitutes how much these objects are alike; Family resemblance (anthropology), physical similarities shared between close relatives; Family resemblance, a philosophical idea made popular by Ludwig Wittgenstein
The term family resemblance refers to Ludwig Wittgenstein's idea that certain concepts cannot be defined in terms of necessary and sufficient conditions which refer to essential features shared by all examples. [39] [40] Instead, the use of one concept for all its cases is justified by resemblance relations based on their
In fact it is derived from Portuguese marmelada, meaning quince jam, and then expanded from quince jam to other fruit preserves. It is found in English-language sources written before Mary was even born. [72] Nasty: The term nasty was not derived from the surname of Thomas Nast as a reference to his biting, vitriolic cartoons.
The British meaning is based on the idea that the topic will be on the table for only a short time and is there for the purpose of being discussed and voted on; the American meaning is based on the idea of leaving the topic on the table indefinitely and thereby disposing of it, i.e. killing its discussion.
Language-games and Family Resemblance A description of language-games in the entry for Ludwig Wittgenstein in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Logico-linguistic modeling . This is an application of the language-game concept in the area of information systems and knowledge-based system design.
The German word is found in Grimms' Dictionary and Wittgenstein used in English either family "likeness" or "resemblance", so both appear in translations. This amendment is both factually incorrect, and extremely misleading. The facts are these: (1) In his works, Wittgenstein consistently uses the German Familienähnlichkeit. (2) This word ...