Single Idea 11074

[catalogued under 3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 1. Redundant Truth]

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 Reference

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.