Resumen

TOMASINI BASSOLS, Alejandro. Understanding: Traditional Philosophy versus Wittgensteinian Thinking. RF [online]. 2006, vol.24, n.53, pp.89-105. ISSN 0798-1171.

In this essay a contrast is drawn between the traditional way of facing and dealing with philosophical puzzles with the rather dissolving Wittgensteinian approach. A particular case of difficulties from the area of the philosophy of mind is considered, namely, the case of understanding. The aim is to show that while the former represents a stance which complicates exponentially, the second broads out in simple, but really clarifying answers. It is thus reinforced the initial assertion to the effect that there is a sense in which Wittgenstein does and does not belong to Western philosophical tradition.

Palabras clave : Traditional Philosophy; Wittgenstein.