sorry Robert -- I answered erase the point is that 'objects' in tractarian metaphysics are derivative from facts -----Original Message----- From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Paul Sent: 26 February 2013 04:20 AM To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: TlP (please ignore) I didn't mean to send this. I'm cleaning out my mailbox and meant to delete this draft of a brief reply to something Adriano said. RP >> herr wittgenstein discovered truth-tables, they determine the "case", >> hence there are no objects- > Well, in the Tractatus there must be objects. They are the substance > of the world. If the world had no substance, [etc.] ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ======= Please find our Email Disclaimer here-->: http://www.ukzn.ac.za/disclaimer =======