Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
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Wittgenstein asserts that all logical propositions are of equal rank, with no distinction between primitive and derived ones.
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Wittgenstein asserts that all logical propositions are of equal rank, with no distinction between primitive and derived ones. Every tautology demonstrates its own tautological nature.
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- Logic and Tautology
Emphasizes that all logical propositions are tautologies of equal rank, each self-evident.
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- Mr. Wittgenstein
Author of the proposition, presenting the view on logical propositions.
Key passages
“All propositions of logic are of equal rank; there are not some which are essentially primitive and others deduced from there.”
No logical proposition is more fundamental than any other; none are primitive or derived.
Rejects hierarchical views of logical truths.
“Every tautology itself shows that it is a tautology.”
Each tautology is self-evidently tautological without needing external proof.
Tautologies are self-justifying.
