Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
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Wittgenstein expresses the feeling of possessing the right logical conception when the symbolism is correctly arranged.
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Wittgenstein expresses the feeling of possessing the right logical conception when the symbolism is correctly arranged.
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- Logic and Tautology
The feeling of possessing the right logical conception relates to the correctness of logical symbolism.
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- Mr. Wittgenstein
The author articulating the feeling of logical correctness.
Key passages
“Now we understand our feeling that we are in possession of the right logical conception, if only all is right in our symbolism.”
We now grasp why we feel we have the correct logical understanding when our symbolic notation is properly constructed.
Clarifies the connection between logical correctness and the adequacy of symbolism.
