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Full Idea
The proposition: "It is true that this follows from that" means simply: this follows from that.
Gist of Idea
'It is true that this follows' means simply: this follows
Source
Ludwig Wittgenstein (Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics [1938], p.38), quoted by Robert Hanna - Rationality and Logic 6
Book Ref
Hanna,Robert: 'Rationality and Logic' [MIT 2006], p.155
A Reaction
Presumably this remark is simply expressing Wittgenstein's later agreement with the well-known view of Ramsey. Early Wittgenstein had endorsed a correspondence view of truth.
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