Yesterday was marked by the Autumn lecture of the British Wittgenstein Society, and Kirsten Dierolf and I were very pleased not only to be invited to the lecture, but also to be included in a special dinner following the event.  The lecturer was Prof Rom Harré (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Romano_Harr%C3%A9) who has added Chair of the LSE’s Centre for the Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences to his large collection of positions.  At 83 he is remarkably sprightly and presented the 30-strong audience with an hour on his latest work.  This deals with the novel idea of a ‘third Wittgenstein’ promulgated by Daniele Moyal-Sharrock (http://tinyurl.com/yejvoo3 ) and others, that the writings on On Certainty show key further developments from the Philosophical Investigations and may be viewed as a new phase of the philosopher’s thinking.  More on the lecture at http://www.britishwittgensteinsociety.herts.ac.uk/.  A robust thirty minutes of questions and discussion followed.) Continue reading →