In context, by “whereof one cannot speak” Witty means “whereof one is ignorant.”
People aren’t reliably good at knowing what they’re ignorant about, so having some heuristics for identifying ignorance would be a good idea.
Did Wittgenstein mean ordinary ignorance or comprehensive Taoist ignorance?
The former, I think. Not sure I know the concepts behind the latter.
I think the advice is basically saying “Don’t make grand proclamations about things you have no way of knowing about.” A nice (if cliched) example might be life after death.
In context, by “whereof one cannot speak” Witty means “whereof one is ignorant.”
People aren’t reliably good at knowing what they’re ignorant about, so having some heuristics for identifying ignorance would be a good idea.
Did Wittgenstein mean ordinary ignorance or comprehensive Taoist ignorance?
The former, I think. Not sure I know the concepts behind the latter.
I think the advice is basically saying “Don’t make grand proclamations about things you have no way of knowing about.” A nice (if cliched) example might be life after death.