Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
3.04 explained
Wittgenstein examines the concept of a priori truth, suggesting that a thought whose very possibility guarantees its truth would be a priori true.
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Wittgenstein examines the concept of a priori truth, suggesting that a thought whose very possibility guarantees its truth would be a priori true.
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- Logic and Tautology
The notion of a priori truth is closely tied to tautologies and logical truths.
Characters to notice
- Mr. Wittgenstein
Author of the proposition.
Key passages
“An a priori true thought would be one whose possibility guaranteed its truth.”
A thought that is true a priori is one that cannot be false because its very existence implies its truth.
Clarifies the concept of a priori truth in terms of possibility and necessity.
