Role of Logic and Mentality as the Basics of Wittgenstein’s Picture Theory of Language and Extracting Educational Principles and Methods according to this Theory

• Published in: International education studies 2016-06, Vol.9 (7), p.10
• Main Authors: Heshi, Kamal Nosrati, Nasrabadi, Hassanali Bakhtiyar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Educational Methods; Educational Philosophy; Educational Principles; Educational Theories; Imagination; Language Usage; Literature Reviews; Logical Thinking; Qualitative Research; Theory of Mind
• ISSN: 1913-9020; 1913-9039
• DOI: 10.5539/ies.v9n7p10

The present paper attempts to recognize principles and methods of education based on Wittgenstein’s picture theory of language. This qualitative research utilized inferential analytical approach to review the related literature and extracted a set of principles and methods from his theory on picture language. Findings revealed that Wittgenstein believed in language as a picture of the real and assumed that the real is reflected in language. He believed that language and mentality are the same and language demonstrates a full picture of mentality. Besides, the world and the language possess a logical structure and this logic rules the world and the language. Later on, his picture theory of language, logic and mentality were used to extract and introduce principles for education as listed here: the reasonability principle, mind involvement principle, matching principle, reasoning principle, creativity principle and formation of mind, comprehensibility principle, liberal thinking principle, and the principle of considering individual differences. Thus, applying the method of concept comprehension, problem oriented method, heuristic method, brainstorming method and finally interactive methods like Socratic question and answer and group discussion method.