Can you guys breakdown this very long passage? [closed]

The idea that Wittgenstein is opposed to the whole style of thinking that would approach, for example, the problem of understanding how language functions by trying to construct a theory that elucidates what the meaning of expressions consists in goes against the idea that he is merely out to oppose a particular account of meaning.


Solution 1:

This sentence is comprised of 55 words, and would be hard for most readers to parse. Microsoft Word gives it a Flesch-Kincaid Grade level of 24.7.

I have placed one of the clauses in parentheses and nested the clauses.

  • The idea that Wittgenstein is opposed to the whole style of thinking that would approach
    • (for example, the problem of understanding how language functions
      • by trying to construct a theory that elucidates what the meaning of expressions consists in)
  • goes against the idea
    • that he is merely out to oppose a particular account of meaning.