维特根斯坦提出的规则遵从悖论是哲学中的重要问题。科学知识社会学爱丁堡学派的代表人物布鲁尔对维特根斯坦进行社会学的解读,从而给规则遵从悖论以一种有限论的解决。有限论的解决具有如下特点:外在主义的解读,集体主义的立场,相对主义的取向,而这与爱丁堡学派的理论旨趣与理论演变是密切相关的。
Raised by Wittgenstein, Rule-Following Paradox has been an important thesis in philosophy. To solve the paradox, Edinburgh School developed meaning finitism, which stands a sociological solution. Finitism has three remarkable features: externalism, collectivism and relativism, which is closely related to the theoretical interests of Edinburgh School.