**Title** 202011011547 Focus on clarifying underlying concepts, propositions, structure and context of what is being said **Source** Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy From Paradox to wonder. John M. Heaton **Date** 1 Nov 2020 **Tags** #language **Focus on clarifying underlying concepts, propositions, structure and context of what is being said.** **Reference** Bolzano (1781–1848), a Czech priest, was the first to see that a morass of ==problems in and about science and philosophy could be resolved by a careful study of how we come to mean.== His approach held that the root of much confusion lies in misunderstanding the nature of the a priori; of what we think must be. He studied meaning, what we say, rather than what things and processes there are in the world. It involved reduction into reference rather than experience. Its purpose being the clarification of what was said. ==So his approach involved paying close attention to concepts, propositions, senses – to the structure and context of what we say – as opposed to the psychic acts involved and the experiences they describe==. -- Link [[202009101947 Reading notes Asking useful questions. Suicide#OPENING QUESTIONS]] - page 41. Table on shifting assumptions. Reminded me how patient's arrive at their problem because of the underlying assumptions. [[202009071534 Notes Reading Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy. From Paradox to wonder. John M. Heaton]] Chapter 2. The paradox of despair Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy From Paradox to wonder. John M. Heaton **Cross-links**