Wittgenstein's language games as a theory of learning disabilities

Sociological approaches to the understanding of learning disabilities are perhaps not as fully developed as they might be. Wittgenstein's notion of the language game is elucidated, and its relevance to the analysis of learning disabilities as a social phenomenon is explained. This gives some in...

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Main Author: Timmons, Stephen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2006
In: Nursing philosophy
Year: 2006, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 20-22
Further subjects:B language game
B Learning disability
B Wittgenstein
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Summary:Sociological approaches to the understanding of learning disabilities are perhaps not as fully developed as they might be. Wittgenstein's notion of the language game is elucidated, and its relevance to the analysis of learning disabilities as a social phenomenon is explained. This gives some insight into an alternative conception of what learning disabilities might be, and why people who are classified as having learning disabilities continue, to some extent, to be excluded from full participation in society.
ISSN:1466-769X
Contains:Enthalten in: Nursing philosophy
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-769X.2006.00245.x