Single Idea 23495

[catalogued under 10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 1. A Priori Necessary]

Full Idea

The fact that the propositions of logic are tautologies shows the formal - logical - properties of language and the world.

Gist of Idea

The tautologies of logic show the logic of language and the world

Source

Ludwig Wittgenstein (Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus [1921], 6.12)

Book Reference

Wittgenstein,Ludwig: 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Pears)', ed/tr. Pears,D. /McGuinness,B. [RKP 1961], p.60


A Reaction

This seems to me an extraordinarily hubristic remark (philosophically speaking), especially coming from a work which famously throws away its own ladder. He is very much pursuing Kant's project.

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