Tractatus, Application and Use

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, betw...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: van der Does Jaap, Stokhof Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2020-12-01
Series:Open Philosophy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/opphil-2020-0146