Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
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Wittgenstein states that if a proposition p follows from q, then the sense of p is already contained within the sense of q.
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Wittgenstein states that if a proposition p follows from q, then the sense of p is already contained within the sense of q.
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- Logical Atomism
The containment of sense in logical consequence reflects the atomistic structure of propositions.
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- Mr. Wittgenstein
Author of the proposition.
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“If p follows from q , the sense of “ p ” is contained in that of “ q ”.”
When one proposition logically implies another, the meaning of the implied proposition is already part of the meaning of the implying proposition.
This illustrates the internal relation between propositions in logical inference.
