TY - JOUR N1 - © 2022 The Authors. Journal of Philosophy of Education published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. SN - 0309-8249 ID - discovery10192835 AV - public JF - Journal of Philosophy of Education EP - 123 N2 - Much thinking in psychology and related forms of psychotherapy is in the grip of a conception of inner?outer relationships that distorts the reality of our lives and world. In his later work, and in the last years of his life especially, Wittgenstein battled against this. In the course of his criticism, he developed vivid images that challenge this picture, revealing its limitations and opening the way to better understanding. Although 70 years have passed since Wittgenstein died, it remains the case that psychology and psychotherapy can be strengthened through more careful attention to his criticism. The present discussion endeavours to show why and how this is so. VL - 56 SP - 115 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9752.12656 KW - Inner?outer distinction KW - J.L. Austin KW - Ludwig Wittgenstein KW - neuroscience KW - psychology KW - self-deception KW - theatre TI - Inner and outer, psychology and Wittgenstein's painted curtain IS - 1 Y1 - 2022/02// A1 - Standish, Paul PB - Oxford University Press (OUP) ER -