Wittgenstein Flashcards
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Wittgenstein I
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Tractatus. What is meaningful? Defining the world in totality of facts;
Elementary: Indivisible and independent (logic atomism)
Complex: combo of element. facts (constituents)
Thought: expresses state of affairs, if it occurs its true
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Wittgenstein II
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Philosophical based on language. Meaning is decided based on how we decide to use language. Logical positivism is rejected. No sense data.
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Russel’s paradox
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Russel wanted to ground mathematic in logic. Problem in logic, set of all elements that are set can or can’t contain themselves.
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Limit of the sayable
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Wittgenstein believed meaningful is not importance, there are things that can’t be put to words, but didn’t deny existence. We can show them (love, courage)
