Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
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The proposition that the sun will rise tomorrow is presented as a hypothesis, emphasizing our fundamental uncertainty about future events.
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The proposition that the sun will rise tomorrow is presented as a hypothesis, emphasizing our fundamental uncertainty about future events.
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- Limits of Language and Thought
Highlights the boundary between what can be known with certainty and what remains hypothetical, illustrating the limits of empirical knowledge.
Characters to notice
- Mr. Wittgenstein
Author of the proposition regarding the hypothetical nature of the sun's rising.
Key passages
“That the sun will rise tomorrow, is an hypothesis; and that means that we do not know whether it will rise.”
The statement that the sun will rise tomorrow is merely a guess, indicating that we lack certain knowledge of its occurrence.
Clarifies the epistemic status of inductive generalizations.
