Single Idea 18705

[catalogued under 19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / a. Sentence meaning]

Full Idea

Words function only in propositions, like the levers in a machine.

Gist of Idea

Words function only in propositions, like levers in a machine

Source

Ludwig Wittgenstein (Lectures 1930-32 (student notes) [1931], A I.4)

Book Reference

Wittgenstein,Ludwig: 'Lectures in Cambridge 1930-32', ed/tr. Lee,Desmond [Blackwell 1980], p.2


A Reaction

Hm. Consider the word 'tree'. Did you manage to do it? Was it just a noise?