Wittgenstein is often represented as a kind of one-man transition from logical positivism to the present era of philosophy. While this is a bit of an overstatement, in my view, it certainly does give you an idea of the shape of Wittgenstein’s corpus.
"In that case, the dictionary is wrong. Language is defined by practice." I think I agree with this statement, and it kind of reminds me of the issues I have with people who ask others to use very odd and made-up pronouns for themselves - if I can clearly see that you are a woman, not because I have looked at your genitals or analyzed your DNA, but because my human intuition tells me that there is a woman in front of me whom I would intuitively refer to by she and her, then why should I use xaboob/xabaab instead?
If everybody in practice sees you as a woman and uses the according pronouns, then you can certainly ask to redefine those pronouns, and some people may play along, but still... the dictionary is wrong, at least up until enough people have naturally learned language in such a way that they will, by default, use your made-up pronouns - which will presumably never happen because there simply are not enough people to know you so intimately for their language to be so accustomed to you that it would make any difference!
"In that case, the dictionary is wrong. Language is defined by practice." I think I agree with this statement, and it kind of reminds me of the issues I have with people who ask others to use very odd and made-up pronouns for themselves - if I can clearly see that you are a woman, not because I have looked at your genitals or analyzed your DNA, but because my human intuition tells me that there is a woman in front of me whom I would intuitively refer to by she and her, then why should I use xaboob/xabaab instead?
If everybody in practice sees you as a woman and uses the according pronouns, then you can certainly ask to redefine those pronouns, and some people may play along, but still... the dictionary is wrong, at least up until enough people have naturally learned language in such a way that they will, by default, use your made-up pronouns - which will presumably never happen because there simply are not enough people to know you so intimately for their language to be so accustomed to you that it would make any difference!