THE SENSE OF NONSENSE:
"The words 'nonsense' and 'sense' get their meaning only in particular cases, and may vary from case to case. The sentence 'Mr. X came to today's redness' will be considered nonsense, whereas we hardly call the sound of a whistle nonsense!
And so, we can still talk of sense without giving a clear meaning to 'sense', just as we talk of winning or losing without the meaning of our terms being absolutely clear." (Wittgenstein - Foundations of Arithmetic)
"The words 'nonsense' and 'sense' get their meaning only in particular cases, and may vary from case to case. The sentence 'Mr. X came to today's redness' will be considered nonsense, whereas we hardly call the sound of a whistle nonsense!
And so, we can still talk of sense without giving a clear meaning to 'sense', just as we talk of winning or losing without the meaning of our terms being absolutely clear." (Wittgenstein - Foundations of Arithmetic)
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