The linguistic turn in analytical philosophy
Abstract
This research attempts to shed light on the relationship of language to other sciences, and goes beyond the narrow perspective of language as a means of expressing ideas only. Instead, it is worth to look at it as a means of expression and thinking at the same time. Perhaps the propositions of positive logical philosophy are a vivid example of this overlap and of appreciating language as an engine for thinking, and then moving the language from descriptive language to analytical language. Although it takes a lot of knowledge for this topic, this research tries to study the data and ideas and go beyond the historical vision as much as possible. And thus, it aims to present and analyze ideas rather than describing them because its topic overlaps greatly with several sciences including philosophy, logic, mathematics, and sociology, in addition to the linguistic dimension that overlaps with all of these sciences. Hence, this research attempts to study the interrelations between these sciences and their linguistic impact through the lens of the propositions of logical positivism theorized by Frege, Russell, and Wegstein.