Quote: under what conditions can a declarative sentence be asserted or denied; and what is the role of such assertion/denial; but not primary

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The simplest, most basic idea of the Tractatus … [Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus] … conditions, by virtue of its correspondence to facts … [p. 73] In place of this view, Wittgenstein proposes … Wittgenstein replaces the question, "What must be the … form of words be appropriately asserted (or denied)?"; … our lives of our practice of asserting (or … declarative sentences, and hence to assertion and denial, … Investigations will be aware that he is strongly … his early examples "Slab!", "Pillar!", etc.)   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: a declarative sentence gets its meaning by virtue of its truth conditions; basic idea of Tractatus

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