He did not call it Tractatus Lexico-Philosophicus for a reason.Originally Posted by Skomatth
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He did not call it Tractatus Lexico-Philosophicus for a reason.Originally Posted by Skomatth
Stipulative definitions cannot, but lexical definitions and definitions in use (I'm using A.J. Ayer's term here) can. I'm not smart enough or familar enough with LW's work to know whether this is stipulative or not, but doesn't he even say later in the Tractatus that this is nonsense?![]()
The bloody trouble is we are only alive when we’re half dead trying to get a paragraph right. - Paul Scott
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