Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
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Wittgenstein asserts that the rules of logical syntax are self-evident once the signification of each sign is understood.
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Wittgenstein asserts that the rules of logical syntax are self-evident once the signification of each sign is understood.
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- Limits of Language and Thought
The self-evidence of logical syntax relates to the boundaries of meaningful language
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- Mr. Wittgenstein
Author of the proposition
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“The rules of logical syntax must follow of themselves, if we only know how every single sign signifies.”
If we understand what each sign means, the rules for combining them logically become obvious.
Emphasizes the inherent connection between meaning and syntactic rules
