Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Rudolph Carnap, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Johanna Seibt
expand these ideas
|
start again
|
choose
another area for these philosophers
display all the ideas for this combination of philosophers
9 ideas
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 1. Ontologies
|
13933
|
Existence questions are 'internal' (within a framework) or 'external' (concerning the whole framework) [Carnap]
|
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality
|
13934
|
To be 'real' is to be an element of a system, so we cannot ask reality questions about the system itself [Carnap]
|
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts
|
23473
|
Do his existent facts constitute the world, or determine the world? [Morris,M on Wittgenstein]
|
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / b. Types of fact
|
18737
|
There are no positive or negative facts; these are just the forms of propositions [Wittgenstein]
|
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / d. Negative facts
|
22312
|
Facts can be both positive and negative [Wittgenstein, by Potter]
|
|
22311
|
The world is determined by the facts, and there are no further facts [Wittgenstein]
|
|
22313
|
The existence of atomic facts is a positive fact, their non-existence a negative fact [Wittgenstein]
|
|
22314
|
On white paper a black spot is a positive fact and a white spot a negative fact [Wittgenstein]
|
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / a. Ontological commitment
|
13938
|
A linguistic framework involves commitment to entities, so only commitment to the framework is in question [Carnap]
|