Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is Ludwig Wittgenstein’s early 20th-century philosophical work that attempts to define the relationship between language, thought, and reality through a highly structured, logical framework.
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Target entity: Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Context triple: [logical positivism, influencedByWork, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus]
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Principia Mathematica
Principia Mathematica is a landmark three-volume work in mathematical logic and the foundations of mathematics, co-authored by Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead, which aimed to derive all mathematical truths from a formal system of symbolic logic.
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Russell: Philosophical Essays
"Russell: Philosophical Essays" is a collection of key philosophical papers by Bertrand Russell, showcasing his influential work in logic, language, and analytic philosophy.
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A History of Western Philosophy
A History of Western Philosophy is Bertrand Russell’s comprehensive survey of Western philosophical thought from the pre-Socratics to the early 20th century, combining exposition with critical commentary.
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The Problems of Philosophy
The Problems of Philosophy is a short, accessible 1912 book by Bertrand Russell that introduces key issues in epistemology and metaphysics, such as the nature of reality, knowledge, and appearance versus reality.
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Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics is a foundational philosophical work by Immanuel Kant that concisely outlines and defends the key ideas of his critical philosophy, especially those developed more fully in the Critique of Pure Reason.
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Target entity: Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Target entity description: Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is Ludwig Wittgenstein’s early 20th-century philosophical work that attempts to define the relationship between language, thought, and reality through a highly structured, logical framework.
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A.
Principia Mathematica
Principia Mathematica is a landmark three-volume work in mathematical logic and the foundations of mathematics, co-authored by Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead, which aimed to derive all mathematical truths from a formal system of symbolic logic.
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B.
Russell: Philosophical Essays
"Russell: Philosophical Essays" is a collection of key philosophical papers by Bertrand Russell, showcasing his influential work in logic, language, and analytic philosophy.
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C.
A History of Western Philosophy
A History of Western Philosophy is Bertrand Russell’s comprehensive survey of Western philosophical thought from the pre-Socratics to the early 20th century, combining exposition with critical commentary.
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D.
The Problems of Philosophy
The Problems of Philosophy is a short, accessible 1912 book by Bertrand Russell that introduces key issues in epistemology and metaphysics, such as the nature of reality, knowledge, and appearance versus reality.
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E.
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics is a foundational philosophical work by Immanuel Kant that concisely outlines and defends the key ideas of his critical philosophy, especially those developed more fully in the Critique of Pure Reason.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| author | Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | classic of 20th-century philosophy ⓘ |
| centralThesis |
propositions are logical pictures of facts
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the limits of my language mean the limits of my world ⓘ the world is the totality of facts, not of things ⓘ whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent ⓘ |
| completionYear | 1918 ⓘ |
| concernedWith |
limits of language
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logical form ⓘ relationship between language and reality ⓘ |
| countryOfFirstPublication | Germany ⓘ |
| firstBookEditionPublisher | Routledge & Kegan Paul ⓘ |
| firstEditionPublisher | Wilhelm Ostwalds Annalen der Naturphilosophie ⓘ |
| firstEnglishTranslationYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| firstEnglishTranslators |
C. K. Ogden
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F. P. Ramsey ⓘ |
| genre |
analytic philosophy
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logic ⓘ |
| hasCommentaryBy | Bertrand Russell ⓘ |
| hasSevenMainPropositions | true ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century analytic philosophy
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Vienna Circle ⓘ logical positivism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Bertrand Russell ⓘ Gottlob Frege ⓘ |
| laterReception | criticized and revised by Wittgenstein in Philosophical Investigations ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
epistemology
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logic ⓘ logical atomism ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ picture theory of language ⓘ |
| notableProposition | 7 ⓘ |
| notablePropositionText | Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
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surface form:
Logisch-Philosophische Abhandlung
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| period | early Wittgenstein ⓘ |
| philosophicalMovement | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition |
logical atomism
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picture theory of meaning ⓘ |
| philosophicalStanceOnEthics | ethical statements are nonsensical in a strict logical sense ⓘ |
| philosophicalStanceOnMetaphysics | traditional metaphysical statements are nonsensical ⓘ |
| prefaceBy | Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1921 ⓘ |
| structure | numbered propositions ⓘ |
| writtenDuring | World War I ⓘ |
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The Logical Structure of the World
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the limits of my language mean the limits of my world
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Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
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Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent
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Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent
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Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
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Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent
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