Logic in the tractatus

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What is logic, in the Tractatus? There is a pretty good understanding what is logic in Grundgesetze, or Principia. With respect to the Tractatus no comparably definite answer has been received. One might think that this is because, whether through incompetence or obscurantism,Wittgenstein simply doe...

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Main Author: Weiss, Max
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/45296
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spelling ndltd-UBC-oai-circle.library.ubc.ca-2429-452962018-01-05T17:27:00Z Logic in the tractatus Weiss, Max What is logic, in the Tractatus? There is a pretty good understanding what is logic in Grundgesetze, or Principia. With respect to the Tractatus no comparably definite answer has been received. One might think that this is because, whether through incompetence or obscurantism,Wittgenstein simply does not propound a definite conception. To the contrary, I argue that the text of the Tractatus supports, up to a high degree of confidence, the attribution of a philosophically well-motivated and mathematically definite answer to the question what is logic. Arts, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Graduate 2013-10-21T14:01:11Z 2013-10-21T14:01:11Z 2013 2013-11 Text Thesis/Dissertation http://hdl.handle.net/2429/45296 eng Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ University of British Columbia
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description What is logic, in the Tractatus? There is a pretty good understanding what is logic in Grundgesetze, or Principia. With respect to the Tractatus no comparably definite answer has been received. One might think that this is because, whether through incompetence or obscurantism,Wittgenstein simply does not propound a definite conception. To the contrary, I argue that the text of the Tractatus supports, up to a high degree of confidence, the attribution of a philosophically well-motivated and mathematically definite answer to the question what is logic. === Arts, Faculty of === Philosophy, Department of === Graduate
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