Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
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Wittgenstein notes that contradictions could serve the same logical purpose as tautologies in revealing the structure of language.
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Wittgenstein notes that contradictions could serve the same logical purpose as tautologies in revealing the structure of language.
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- Logic and Tautology
The proposition equates the logical role of tautologies and contradictions.
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- Mr. Wittgenstein
Author of the proposition
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“It is clear that we could have used for this purpose contradictions instead of tautologies.”
Obviously, contradictions could serve the same function as tautologies in showing logical structure.
Wittgenstein highlights the interchangeability of tautologies and contradictions for logical clarification.
