Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
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Wittgenstein clarifies why logic is traditionally referred to as the theory of forms and of inference, linking this characterization to the insights of the Tractatus.
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Wittgenstein clarifies why logic is traditionally referred to as the theory of forms and of inference, linking this characterization to the insights of the Tractatus.
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- Logic and Tautology
The remark directly addresses the nature of logic as a formal system of inference and forms.
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- Mr. Wittgenstein
Author of the proposition, explaining the traditional characterization of logic.
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“It also becomes clear why logic has been called the theory of forms and of inference.”
We can now see the reason behind the traditional description of logic as the study of logical forms and the principles of valid reasoning.
Wittgenstein affirms the classical view of logic in light of his own analysis.
