Tractatus, application and use
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| Publication date | 2020 |
| Journal | Open Philosophy |
| Volume | Issue number | 3 |
| Pages (from-to) | 770-797 |
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| Abstract | The article argues for a contextualised reading of Wittgenstein’s Tractatus. It analyses in detail the role that use and application play in the text and how that supports a conception of transcendentality of logic that allows for contextualisation. The article identifies a tension in the text, between the requirement that sense be determinate and the contextual nature of application, and suggests that it is this tension that is a major driver of Wittgenstein’s later ideas. |
| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1515/opphil-2020-0146 |
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