Single Idea 18728

[catalogued under 19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 5. Meaning as Verification]

Full Idea

The meaning of a proposition is the mode of its verification (and two propositions cannot have the same verification).

Gist of Idea

The meaning of a proposition is the mode of its verification

Source

Ludwig Wittgenstein (Lectures 1930-32 (student notes) [1931], C I)

Book Reference

Wittgenstein,Ludwig: 'Lectures in Cambridge 1930-32', ed/tr. Lee,Desmond [Blackwell 1980], p.66


A Reaction

Does this mean that if two sentences have the same mode of verification, then they must be expressing the same proposition? I guess so.