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delrem

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10. I'm not a fan of Wittgenstein.
Fri Jul 11, 2014, 10:28 PM
Jul 2014

albeit from wiki (I did study it in classes).

1. The world is everything that is the case.
2. What is the case (a fact) is the existence of states of affairs.
3. A logical picture of facts is a thought.
4. A thought is a proposition with a sense.
5. A proposition is a truth-function of elementary propositions. (An elementary proposition is a truth-function of itself.)
6. The general form of a proposition is the general form of a truth function, which is: . This is the general form of a proposition.
7. Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

I thought that was shallow, as I thought the entire reductionist program intended to overthrow general Aristotelian logic and replace it with a (Boolean) mathematical logic, was shallow. And ultimately wrong.

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To the sages of old, TM99 Jun 2014 #1
That's very well said. nt delrem Jun 2014 #3
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What you wrote does not contradict nor correct me. TM99 Nov 2014 #18
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When I read the OP Fortinbras Armstrong Jun 2014 #2
I would take your questioned ethics/morality delrem Jul 2014 #4
You seem to be saying that I am bigoted against myself. Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2014 #5
I was only questioning your language. delrem Jul 2014 #6
It appears that you did not understand me Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2014 #7
You aren't alone. I don't understand many people. delrem Jul 2014 #8
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I like your posts! delrem Nov 2014 #16
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All I can do is repeat what I said before. Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2014 #17
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First, the paragraph is your friend, and even more the reader's friend Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2014 #24
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language - Wittgenste Jim__ Jul 2014 #9
I'm not a fan of Wittgenstein. delrem Jul 2014 #10
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To defeat a goal? Expat in Korea Oct 2014 #11
I like this answer. nt delrem Nov 2014 #12
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