Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
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Wittgenstein asserts that there is no special object unique to probability propositions, indicating that probability is not a distinct entity but rather a logical relation.
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Wittgenstein asserts that there is no special object unique to probability propositions, indicating that probability is not a distinct entity but rather a logical relation.
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- Logic and Tautology
Probability propositions are not about special objects but are logical in nature
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- Mr. Wittgenstein
Author of the proposition
Key passages
“There is no special object peculiar to probability propositions.”
Probability statements do not refer to a unique kind of entity.
Clarifies that probability is not a metaphysical object but a logical feature
