Language and Logic in Wittgenstein's Tractatus

This paper investigates Wittgenstein’s account of the relation between elementary and molecular propositions (and thus, also, the propositions of logic) in the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. I start by sketching a natural reading of that relation – which I call the ‘bipartite reading’ – holding tha...

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Main Author: Daniele Mezzadri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nordic Wittgenstein Society 2013-03-01
Series:Nordic Wittgenstein Review
Online Access:http://www.nordicwittgensteinreview.com/article/view/173