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Quote: Wittgenstein realized language formed pictures of reality through a schematic drawing of an accident; a fact or word corresponds to reality
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The fundamental assumption of the Tractatus is that … told one of his students how this idea … [Malcom, Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1962]. It was during the First World War, in the trenches, … schematic drawing showing the possible sequence of events … a statement or proposition--an allegation--about what happened. … it was able to do so because the … gave him the idea of the inverse relationship: … things in the world. … In the Tractatus, Wittgenstein calls a proposition "a … picture facts to ourselves." Such a picture can … agreement is essentially a matter of correspondence of … [par. 4.01, 2.1, 2.21] Google-1 Google-2
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Topic: natural language as a system (43 items)
Topic: meaning by use (58 items)
Topic: word vs. picture (12 items)