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Fireworks and a Theory of Language

Tirinha de Corey Mohr.

Quadrinho em oito quadros com Wittgenstein e Bertrand Russell (de cachimbo). Wittgenstein: “HEY RUSSELL, I JUST GOT SOME FIREWORKS, YOU WANT TO SET THEM OFF WITH ME?” Russell: “OBVIOUSLY, WITTGENSTEIN.” Russell, apontando a caixa com o rótulo “NOT FOR INDOOR USE”: “WHOA, WHOA, WITTGENSTEIN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? IT SAYS “NOT FOR INDOOR” USE.” Wittgenstein: “EXACTLY, WHICH MEANS IT’S FINE.” Russell: “WHAT?! NO, IT MEANS IT’S NOT FINE, HENCE THE WORD “NOT”.” / “SEE, THIS IS A DENOTATIVE STATEMENT ABOUT A STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THE WORLD. NAMELY, THAT THESE FIREWORKS ARE UNSAFE TO USE INDOORS.” Wittgenstein: “NO, NO, NO. LANGUAGE DOESN’T WORK THAT WAY. EACH SPEECH ACT TAKES PLACE IN THE CONTEXT OF A GIVEN SOCIAL UNDERSTANDING.” Segurando outra caixa com “WILL BLOW UP ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING”: “SEE, LOOK AT THIS FIREWORK. IT DOESN’T HAVE THE WARNING, DESPITE CLEARLY BEING LESS SAFE.” / “THEY KNOW PEOPLE WILL ONLY USE FIREWORKS INDOORS THAT ARE ACTUALLY SAFE INDOORS, SO THEY PUT THE LABEL ON SO THEY DON’T GET SUED. THUS, THE LABEL ACTUALLY MEANS THE FIREWORK IS SAFE FOR INDOOR USE.” / “UNDERSTAND THE PARTICULAR LANGUAGE GAME THAT YOU ARE SITUATED IN, NOT GRASPING THE MEANING OF WORDS, IS THE KEY TO SUCCESSFULLY UNDERSTANDING LANGUAGE AND NAVIGATING THROUGH THE COMPLEX SOCIAL FABRIC OF OUR LIVES.” Russell: “ALRIGHT, I GUESS THAT MAKES SENSE, SORT OF…” Último quadro, “TEN MINUTES LATER…”: os dois diante de um grande incêndio entre escombros; Russell: “OKAY, BUT I STILL THINK THE GENERAL THEORY IS CORRECT…”