An Unlucky Case of Wittgenstein’s Paradox

Abstract

Here I present a new case study through which we can think and teach about the Wittgenstein’s paradox. When it was formulated by Saul Kripke almost 50 years ago, it relied on pretty abstract paradox examples – which goes to show that not even idealised mathematicians are safe from the posed problem. However, the cases did not succeed in emphasising how concrete and relevant the meaning of the paradox is for our lives. Furthermore, the literature on the paradox is quite dry and calls for refreshment. Those two are the objectives of this article.