The Spirit Theory of Meaning and The Idea of Family Resemblance

According to the theory of the spirit of meaning, with the interpretation of Imam Khomeini, words have been established for common concepts; That is, they are not established for the concept bound to a certain reference, even if the establisher thinks that the concept is unique to one reference. Thus, there is a common component or spirit among all common words that are in a longitudinal relationship in different worlds. Therefore, from Imam Khomeini's point of view, in establishing the words for the spirits of meanings, what is comprehensive between people and the place of compatibility and sharing between them should be presupposed. But Wittgenstein expressed the idea of family resemblance when he abandoned his earlier essentialism and abandoned the determination of meaning. The concept of family resemblance is explained in the first place by reference to the concept of game. The late Wittgenstein argues that just as there is nothing unique in games that is common to all of them, there is nothing unique in the various uses of language that is common to all, but, just like games, there is a system of overlap and overlap of similarities. But the theory of the spirit of meaning, contrary to the idea of family resemblance, believes in the common essence or spirit that exists in words that have different meanings and are located in multiple worlds at the same time; The very thing that the idea of family resemblance seeks to abolish. Thus, criticizing the theory of the spirit of meaning based on the idea of family resemblance is the aim of this article.