Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
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This proposition states that a proposition implicitly asserts all propositions that can be logically deduced from it, emphasizing the logical consequences inherent in any assertion.
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This proposition states that a proposition implicitly asserts all propositions that can be logically deduced from it, emphasizing the logical consequences inherent in any assertion.
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- Logic and Tautology
The proposition highlights how logical consequence is embedded within the original assertion, relating to the nature of logical inference.
Key passages
“A proposition asserts every proposition which follows from it.”
If a proposition is true, then all propositions that logically follow from it are also implicitly asserted as true.
This captures the idea that logical entailment is part of the meaning of a proposition.
