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Full Idea
The great problem around which everything turns that I write is: is there an order in the world a priori, and if so what does it consist in?
Gist of Idea
My main problem is the order of the world, and whether it is knowable a priori
Source
Ludwig Wittgenstein (Notebooks 1914-1916 [1915], 15.06.01)
Book Ref
Wittgenstein,Ludwig: 'Notebooks 1914-1916 (2nd ed)' [Blackwell 1979], p.53
A Reaction
Morris identifies this as a 'Kantian question'. I trace it back to stoicism. This question has never bothered me. It just seems weird to think that you can infer reality from the examination of your own thinking. Perhaps I should take it more seriously?
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