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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Austrian philosopher LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN (1889-1951) was hugely influential on 20th-century philosophy, and here, he constructs a series of carefully and precisely numbered propositions on the relationship between language, logic, and reality, using a numbering system to show nested relationships be...

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This book was discussed as a foundational work for logical positivists, emphasizing that language has limitations and only describes empirical states of affairs. It was used as a justification for limiting philosophy to the verifiable and rejecting unverifiable metaphysical claims.

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Tractatus

— Episode: Episode #120 ... Logical Positivism

Episode: Episode #120 ... Logical Positivism

This book was discussed as a foundational work for logical positivists, emphasizing that language has limitations and only describes empirical states of affairs. It was used as a justification for limiting philosophy to the verifiable and rejecting unverifiable metaphysical claims.

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Tractatus

Tractatus

Tractatus

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