Mythology and Rules of the Game
“The propositions describing this world-picture might be part of a kind of mythology. And their role is like that of rules of a game; and the game can be learned purely practically, without learning any explicit rules.” Wittgenstein makes a stunning move here: our foundational beliefs are not scientific propositions but something closer to mythology. They function like rules of a game — rules that can be absorbed through practice without ever being explicitly stated. ...