Wittgenstein's rule-following considerations entail that no finite symbolic procedure fixes a unique interpretation of 'algorithm,' undermining the determinacy of 'always returns an answer.'

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Wittgenstein: Ludwig Wittgenstein was an Austrian-British philosopher who fundamentally changed how people think about language and meaning in the 20th century. He argued that many philosophical problems arise from misunderstanding how words actually work in everyday life, rather than from deep metaphysical mysteries. His ideas influenced not just philosophy but also mathematics, logic, and even how people approach psychology and artificial intelligence today.
algorithm(Philosophy of computation and information): A fundamental concept in information and computation theory, accepted as a primitive notion alongside data set
always returns an answer(as the phrase whose meaning is questioned in the statement): A phrase meaning that no matter what input you give it, a procedure will definitely produce some result without getting stuck or failing.
determinacy(Game theory, infinite games): The property that for any game property φ, either player i has a strategy to force a set of histories satisfying φ, or player j has a strategy to force ¬φ; formally: {i}φ ∨ {j}¬φ

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