[lit-ideas] Re: is it possible to say that which can't be said?
- From: Robert.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Paul)
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 29 Mar 2004 11:11:45 PST
And so, Donal is right: there is a 'should,' or a 'must,' there. And he is also
right in seeing it as non-tautological. Wittgenstein is emphasizing his own
realization, if you will, that the elucidatory propositions mentioned in 6.54 do
not have the status of the scientific and ordinary language empirical
propositions which they purport to be about.
If you stare at a single sentence in a philosopher's work you may find it
strange. If you read it in the context of the entire work it may begin to make
more sense. Or not.
Robert Paul
The Reed Institute
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